Free will and intentional action

Philosophia 16 (3-4):355-364 (1986)
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Abstract

I argue for the following analysis of a freely willed action: an act is done of one's own free will, if and only if, it is an intentional act performed by one acting as a rational agent from unobstructed reasons, and so situated that he or she has the capacity to forbear from performing it.

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L. S. Carrier
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