free will

Buddhism, free will, and non-self

The concept of "free will" doesn't sit very easily with Buddhism. As far as I'm aware, it's considered an important…

March 10, 2023

Why you don’t have free will (and why that doesn’t matter)

Free will is "the unimpeded capacity to choose between different possible courses of action." We tend to believe that everyone has…

September 28, 2022

Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don’t

Dennis Overbye, New York Times: I was a free man until they brought the dessert menu around. There was one…

January 2, 2007