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Free Will: It Depends

Free Will: It Depends

Update: 2024-04-20
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Todd and Tyler talk about free will. Do we have free will? One possible response is, "It depends," because free will can mean different things, from an absolute ability to have done otherwise to simply an ability to act in conformity with one's desires. We talk about Robert Sapolsky's recent book, Determined, arguing against both libertarian and compatibilist notions of free will. The thought of the late Daniel Dennett, who passed away the day before this recording, and who argued for a compatibilist sort of free will "worth wanting". Immanuel Kant's interesting defense of libertarian free will. Relevant scriptural passages from the Bible, like the hardening of Pharaoh's heart, God's choice of Jacob over Esau, God's foreknowledge of future events, and predestination. The concept of agency in the Book Mormon and Latter-day Saint understandings of Satan's plan to destroy agency. The opinions of various theologians like Augustine, Luther, and Calvin. And Jonathan Edwards in particular (revealing Todd's apparent man crush on Edwards).
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