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Free Will Is Political
Then & Now: Philosophy, History & Politics
The Role of Willpower in Free Will
Free will only really exists in a relationship with the wider cultural, social and political landscape. We approve and disapprove of others' words and actions in the world. For various reasons, self-protection, reputation, care for ourselves and friends and family, sometimes we hold the other person morally responsible. What would it have taken for me to have chosen differently here? The ancient Greeks called a lack of willpower a crassia, a weakness of the word,. A lack of self-control, an absence of some type of strength.
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