Konstantin Mühlberg · 24. Okt. 2026

Yes, free will fits a caused world

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Was diese Position vorschlägt

Free will means acting on your own reasons and values without being forced, even if those reasons themselves have causes (compatibilism).

Begründungen

1.
What we care about when we call a choice free is whether it came from your own reasons rather than a gun to your head.
That difference is real whether or not the universe is determined.
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  Most professional philosophers agree: compatibilism is by far the most common view among them.^[1]
  1. Quelle 1: PhilPapers Survey 2020: results for all respondents · survey2020.philpeople.orgOriginal öffnen
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- No, free will is an illusion · Lässt etwas weg · Ohne Quelle
  Your reasons came from genes and experiences you never chose. Calling that 'your own' just moves the question one step back.
  - Yes, free will fits a caused world · Folgt nicht daraus · Ohne Quelle
    Nobody could choose their starting point, under any theory. Demanding that you author yourself from nothing sets a bar no possible agent could meet.
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Holding people responsible works: praise, blame and punishment change how people act, and that only makes sense if their choices respond to reasons.
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Einwände
- No, free will is an illusion · Folgt nicht daraus · Ohne Quelle
  That justifies blame as a useful tool, like training, not the idea that someone deserves to suffer for what they did.

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