Exploring First and Second Order Desires in Free Will and Determinism

We hold people more morally accountable than animals due to humans having a second order ability to reflect on desires./nA dog's level of freedom differs from a human's level of freedom./nA compatibilist may explain the coexistence of free will and determinism through the second order level of reflection./nThe freedom humans have at a conscious level may be the ability to veto decisions formulated at the unconscious level./nThere is still much work to be done in the study of free will.