<|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|><|begin_of_text|>Metaphysics special: Do we have free will?
“DID I really just decide to have fish and chips for lunch?” Humans have been wrestling with such questions for millennia. Maybe not about the fish and chips, but about whether we<wm> have free will or are just following a predetermined course, with our choices being a mere product of genes and environment. However this question, in all its beauty and mystery, poses some of the fundamental issues addressed in metaphysical discussions.

**Do humans determine our choices?**
With regard to the question of whether humans determine their choices, the idea of free will is a longstanding philosophical notion.

**Determinism**

Determinism refers to the idea that physical and biological processes in our bodies lead to the outcome of</wm> our choices, and that choices are then in our power to decide. Determinism sees free will as