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The Problem of Free Will

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The problem of free will: our choices feel genuinely up to us, yet every event seems produced by prior causes—both convictions cannot survive untouched.

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You chose your breakfast this morning. Trace the choice backward—mood, habits, upbringing, biology—and the choosing starts to look inherited.

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The problem is not whether choice exists but what choice would have to be.