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From: bwk@mbunix.mitre.org (Barry W. Kort)
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Subject: Re: Free will and responsibility.
Summary: The Role of the Die in Implementing Free Will.
Keywords: Behaviorism, materialism, dogma, science
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Date: 29 Jun 89 16:25:30 GMT
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In article <443@edai.ed.ac.uk> cam@edai (Chris Malcolm) writes:

 > I find the suggestion that my freedom of will depends upon some kind of
 > random die in my head rather insultingly trivialising of the freedom of
 > will. Don't we lock up unpredictable people in prisons and nuthouses?

I define Free Will as the ability to make choices consistent with ones
Knowledge, Beliefs, and Values.  But when Dorothy meets the Scarecrow
at the Fork in the Road, a Random Choice is the only solution to
Selecting The Way.  Otherwise one gets Stuck Forever.

--Barry