Free Will Continued

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Free Will Continued
Compatibilism is the middle ground between determinism and free will. On the one hand, the theory of determinism suggests that everything we do is as a result of pre-existing causes. On the other hand, free will holds that everything we do is the result of our own decision. Compatibilism, however, posits that although our final decisions show that we have free will, the decisions we make are as a result of internal causes. For instance, when one fails to eat food while in the desert, it can be said that he did not eat because there was no food. In this case, the individual had no free will. He failed to eat because of external causes. However, if anothe...