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A short argument for free will:
1. Free Will = (df) whatever it is that makes us morally culpable for some of our actions, but not all of our actions.
2. If we are morally culpable for some of our actions, but not all of our actions, then we have free will. (1)
3. We are morally culpable for some of our actions, but not all of them.
4. Ergo, we have free will.
Now, I'm not claiming I know what free will is. My suspicion is that we're better off looking in authors like Heidegger or Merleau-Ponty than in authors like Alvin Plantinga or Peter van Inwagen.
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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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