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Owen_Philos123 t1_j9cm0nn wrote

Reply to comment by apatheticmugen in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 20, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt

Great point, i understand what you mean in terms of your ‘free will’ will always be dictated on the past events and actions so in term it can’t be free will.

What about from the moment you were born? Do you believe you had free will at that point?

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apatheticmugen t1_j9cmr26 wrote

I believe free will is a gradient that increases with awareness, experience, power, and control. At what point when you die do you lose your free will?

If you compared a baby to a rock, that baby has more free will. If you compare a baby to an adult, some would probably say the baby has none. Just depends what you compare it to.

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