Conclusion
For some very good materials on the issues involved in this discussion see further:THE DETERMINISM AND FREEDOM PHILOSOPHY WEBSITE edited by Ted Honderich http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/dfwIntroIndex.htm
Free or Determined? You choose? Or has your thinking has already been determined by prior events?
There are a variety of positions and each has strong and weak aspects.
Which position has the best evidence and reasoning in support of it?
Which position is your position?
Do you choose not to have a position? Have you been programmed, trained or conditioned into making that response?
Further Readings can be reached at these sites:
WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_will
STANFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA of PHILOSOPHY
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/freewill/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/incompatibilism-arguments/
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/incompatibilism-theories/
INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA of PHILOSOPHY
http://www.iep.utm.edu/freewill/
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072878274/student_view0/chapter3/theories.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072878274/student_view0/chapter3/issues_and_applications.html
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072878274/student_view0/chapter3/philosophers.html
Videos:
Do We Have Free Will or Is Everything Predetermined? 5:23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufkrJkVqems
Neuroscience and Free Will 5:54 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6S9OidmNZM
How to Dissolve the Problem of Free Will and Determinism 1:00:10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la31lOcbDHc
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