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Old 04-15-2008, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul C. Anagnostopoulos View Post
Perhaps your consciousness acted as a rubber stamp, but that does not mean that the nonconscious decision wasn't a libertarian one. Perhaps the definition of free will requires an act of free will to be conscious, but I do not see why that has to be the case. In particular, if we require that, then the vast majority of your decisions are not free.

~~ Paul
A non-conscious decision is surely an oxymoron. Does the spherical boulder decide to roll down the hill?
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