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Does free will exist? The question has fueled heated debates spanning from philosophy to psychology and religion. The answer has major implications, and the stakes are high. To put it in the simple terms that have come to dominate these debates, if we are free to make our own decisions, we are accountable for what we do, and if we aren't free, we're off the hook. There are neuroscientists who claim that our decisions are made unconsciously and are therefore outside of our control and social psychologists who argue that myriad imperceptible factors influence even our minor decisions to the exte

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Few philosophical issues have had as long and elaborate a history as the problem of free will, which has been contested at every stage of the history of the subject. The present work practices an extensive bibliography of this elaborate literature, listing some five thousand items ranging from classical antiquity to the present.

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Sind Freiheit und moralische Verantwortung mit dem kausalen Determinismus vereinbar? Die Debatte über diese Frage scheint in einem Patt zwischen Kompatibilisten und Inkompatibilisten festzustecken. Nach verbreiteter Ansicht zählen zu den wichtigsten neueren Entwicklungen die Abkehr der Kompatibilisten von der Konditionalanalyse von Freiheit und der wachsende Zweifel daran, dass alternative Möglichkeiten Voraussetzung für Verantwortung sind. In diesem Buch wird zu zeigen versucht, dass beide Entwicklungen Irrwege sind und das Patt zugunsten des Kompatibilismus überwunden werden kann. Im ersten Teil wird die Konditionalanalyse modifiziert und gegen Einwände verteidigt. Der zweite Teil argumentiert, dass eine Person genau dann moralisch verantwortlich für ein Ereignis ist, wenn ihr eine bestimmte konditionale Analyse Handlungsspielräume zuschreibt. Diese Spielräume bewirken nämlich, dass der Wille kausale Spuren in Form von Ereignissen hinterlässt, welche Rückschlüsse auf die moralische Qualität der Person ermöglichen. Dass eine Person moralisch verantwortlich für ein Ereignis ist, heißt jedoch genau dies: Sie steht zu ihm in einer kausalen Relation, die es ermöglicht, sie in seinem Lichte moralisch zu beurteilen.

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This Element provides a thorough overview of the free will debate as it currently stands. After distinguishing the main senses of the term 'free will' invoked in that debate, it proceeds to set out the prominent versions of the main positions, libertarianism, compatibilism, and free will skepticism, and then to discuss the main objections to these views. Particular attention is devoted to the controversy concerning whether the ability to do otherwise is required for moral responsibility and whether it is compatible with determinism, and to manipulation arguments against compatibilism. Two areas in which the free will debate has practical implications are discussed in detail, personal relationships and criminal justice.

Free will and determinism. --- Compatibilism --- Determinism and free will --- Determinism and indeterminism --- Free agency --- Freedom and determinism --- Freedom of the will --- Indeterminism --- Liberty of the will --- Determinism (Philosophy)