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free will  

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  • As commonly understood, free will is the capacity of rational human beings to choose a course of action from among a variety of alternatives. The opposite of free will is determinism whereby claims are made that any action “chosen” could not have been otherwise given the chain of events leading to it and the nature of the choosing agent. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Free Will]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JXHLK1GL-D

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