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[โ€“] Critical_Insight@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Free will is often defined as the capability to have done otherwise.

[โ€“] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

...which non-free-will folks will argue is irrelevant. You could have done different, if you had a reason to, but you didn't.