Things in thingspace commonly coming within the boundary ‘free will’ :
moral responsibility
could have done otherwise
possible irrational action
possible self-sacrificial action
gallantry and style (thanks to Kurt Vonnegut for that one)
non-caused agency
I am a point in spacetime and my vector at t+1 has no determinant outside myself
whimsy
‘car c’est mon bon désir’
absolute monarchy
you can put a gun at my head and I’ll still say ‘no’
idealistic non-dualism
consciousness subtending matter
disagreeing with Mum & Dad
disagreeing with the big Mom & Pop up there in the White House
armed response
no taxation without representation
… no taxation even with representation (daft )
‘No dear not tonight I’ve got a headache....’
….
aw hell, just go read Dennett : ‘Elbow Room’, he did it better than I could.
Things in thingspace commonly coming within the boundary ‘free will’ :
moral responsibility could have done otherwise possible irrational action possible self-sacrificial action gallantry and style (thanks to Kurt Vonnegut for that one) non-caused agency I am a point in spacetime and my vector at t+1 has no determinant outside myself whimsy ‘car c’est mon bon désir’ absolute monarchy you can put a gun at my head and I’ll still say ‘no’ idealistic non-dualism consciousness subtending matter disagreeing with Mum & Dad disagreeing with the big Mom & Pop up there in the White House armed response no taxation without representation … no taxation even with representation (daft ) ‘No dear not tonight I’ve got a headache....’ ….
aw hell, just go read Dennett : ‘Elbow Room’, he did it better than I could.