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Originally Posted by Mantus
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Originally Posted by 1010011010
So, what then is the essence of a free act? I'd say it's that you could have acted differently than you did. It's not, as some posters have suggested, that you do act differently than you did... such a demand is incoherent.
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As far as I know, no one thus far has ever acted differently then they did. So both requisites are incoherent |
What are you referring to as "both requisites"?
No one has acted differently than they did. The way you acted is the reference for determining what is different. Different actions are, by definition, not the way you acted. That's why the second standard is incoherent.
"Could have acted differently" doesn't have that problem.