Free Will A Contemporary Introduction

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48 The Free Will Problem


12 For instance, the classic libertarian Roderick Chisholm writes:


If we are responsible [and have free will]... then we have a prerogative which
some would attribute only to God: each of us, when we act, is a prime
mover unmoved. In doing what we do, we cause certain events to happen, and
nothing—no one—causes us to cause those things to happen. (1964, cited from
Watson, 1982: 32; our brackets)
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