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Compatibilism offers a solution to the free will problem. This
philosophical problem concerns a disputed incompatibility
between free will and determinism. Compatibilism is the thesis
that free will is compatible with determinism. Because free will
is typically taken to be a necessary condition of moral
responsibility, compatibilism is sometimes expressed in terms of
a compatibility between moral responsibility and determinism. -
1. Terminology and One Formulation of the Free Will Problem - 2.
Two Models of Control and Determinism's Apparent Threat to Free
Will - 3. Classical Compatibilism - 4. Three Major Influences on
Contemporary Compatibilism - 5. Contemporary Compatibilism -
Other Internet Resources - Related Entries It would be
misleading to specify a strict definition of free will since in
the philosophical work devoted to this notion there is probably
no single concept of it. For the most part, what philosophers
working on this issue have been hu