Free Will and Preactions
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I believe that no argument is needed to convince the readers that the so-called “hard determinism,” which rules out free will, and hence also independent personal choice, is incompatible with PEL. On the other hand, the “soft” variety of determinism, known under the name “compatibilism,” is oftentimes claimed to be reconcilable with PEL. According to compatibilism, the assumption that every event (including every event of personal choice) is causally necessitated by antecedent events, and the resulting conclusion that nobody could ever have chosen otherwise than he in fact did, are perfectly compatible with laissez-faire.
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