Compatibilist argue that determinism is compatible with free-will. They believe that free-will can be absent or present, determined by the situation. For example, if someone tells you to eat, but there is no food, are you free to eat? No. On the contrary if someone tells you to eat, but you don’t out of protest, is that free? Yes. If you steal bread because it looks good, it is free will. What if you steal bread because you are being held a gunpoint is that a free decision? No. When it comes to the court-of-law, the court makes judgment of whether or not the individual is acting under free-will. In this case Roberts childhood did have an impact on his life and how he lived it, but he was not at gunpoint when he decided to pull the trigger that May afternoon. This ties into aspect of moral responsibility. Without moral responsibility and free will, all actions caused by humans or nature are determined and in the world we live in all individuals are responsible for their actions whether they are good or
Compatibilist argue that determinism is compatible with free-will. They believe that free-will can be absent or present, determined by the situation. For example, if someone tells you to eat, but there is no food, are you free to eat? No. On the contrary if someone tells you to eat, but you don’t out of protest, is that free? Yes. If you steal bread because it looks good, it is free will. What if you steal bread because you are being held a gunpoint is that a free decision? No. When it comes to the court-of-law, the court makes judgment of whether or not the individual is acting under free-will. In this case Roberts childhood did have an impact on his life and how he lived it, but he was not at gunpoint when he decided to pull the trigger that May afternoon. This ties into aspect of moral responsibility. Without moral responsibility and free will, all actions caused by humans or nature are determined and in the world we live in all individuals are responsible for their actions whether they are good or