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Are we free to obey the laws?
American Philosophical Quarterly 47 (4):389-401 (2010)
Abstract
It is often said that if free will is incompatible with determinism, then free actions must be anomic, not covered by any law of nature. Here it is argued that there is no need for incompatiblists to hold this view. Even if freedom requires indeterminism, our freedom can be freedom to obey the laws.Author's Profile
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