Philosophy / Unit 4 Philosophy 0154 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Randomness Objection
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The idea
The randomness objection: if a choice is not determined by anything—including your character and reasons—it is random, and randomness is not freedom.
In practice
A decision made by internal coin flip is undetermined and nobody's exercise of will. Chance rescues openness, not authorship.
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