| Popis: |
This introductory chapter sets the stage for the rest of the book by clarifying some of the key concepts, discussing why people care about free will, providing a preliminary sketch of the author’s own view of free will, and articulating the primary aim of the book. Concepts clarified include decision-making, the ability to do otherwise than one did, moral responsibility, and free will itself. Two different approaches to conceptualizing free will are explained. They are dubbed straight and mixed and clarified further in subsequent chapters. It is suggested that one important source of our caring about free will is the value we place on it being up to us—at least sometimes—what we do. What is valued is a certain kind of control over what we do. The book’s primary aim is identified as helping readers to think through the questions raised about free will for themselves. |
