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Episode 17: Compatibilism, Part 3 (Semicompatibilism) with Michael McKenna

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The Relationship Between Hierarchical Views and Real Self Views

Theory of freedom is based on the idea that your freedom in acting as you act is a matter of a harmonious mesh between different sub systems. Frankfort's version of this, the reason it's a hierarchical version is frankfort proposed that the way to think about these differing systems is in terms of motivational ingredients involved with desire. When we act freely at a higher order of desire, we we, we act upon the desires at a first order that we wish to act upon. So there's a harmoniousMesh between what we most wantandwat what we want in some way, and the desires that are either are or are not efficacious in leading us to action.

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