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"Those who deny contingency should be tortured until they admit it is possible for them not to be tortured." (Duns Scotus)
It's obvious we have free will. We all make choices; I mean, the only thing more obvious than this is the existence of the external world. How we make choices, whether we make choices abitrarily between opposites or our nature 'determines' us to make certain choices -- that's the question. In other words, the question is not whether or not we have free will, but what it means to have free will.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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