As to why the first-person self has to presuppose free will. Because I have to first assume my thought is based on logic and reason, rather than some predetermined mumble-jumb
If you are determined by forces outside of you, that does not guarantee you are devoid of.logic and reason..a computer is constructed to be logically correct, for instance.
Equally, having an ability to choose doesn’t guarantee that you will choose reason.
If you are determined by forces outside of you, that does not guarantee you are devoid of.logic and reason..a computer is constructed to be logically correct, for instance.
Equally, having an ability to choose doesn’t guarantee that you will choose reason.