Title: What is the difference between determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism? - Quora
Headings: What is the difference between determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism?
What is the difference between determinism, libertarianism, and compatibilism?
Alex Baker
Bruce Silverstein
Bruce Silverstein

Content: Notably, Libertarianism does not posit that all activity occurs without a cause. For example, Libertarianism recognizes that a golf ball travels from a golf tee to a place on the fairway more than 100 feet away as a result of being struck by a golf club. But, Libertarianism does posit that the golfer possessed the Free Will to determine where, when and how to strike the golf ball. Compatibilism is a position that seeks to harmonize Determinism and Libertarianism. Compatibilists believe that the universe is deterministic, and that humans have Free Will (albeit, not it its purest form). ——————————————————-
Personally, I tend to lean toward Determinism and against Libertarianism — although I readily acknowledge that Determinism cannot be proved or disproved, and that a belief in Determinism must rest on faith (much like a belief in God). ( See, for example, Bruce Silverstein's answer to Is it scientifically possible to prove or disprove that the physical laws are deterministic?, Bruce Silverstein's answer to Is there any relationship between quantum mechanics and free will?, and/or Bruce Silverstein's answer to Can you actually prove determinism wrong? If anything, there's more evidence for it being true than not ).