Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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> Dr. Dennett, the Tufts professor, is one of many who have tried to
> redefine free will in a way that involves no escape from the
> materialist world while still offering enough autonomy for moral
> responsibility, which seems to be what everyone cares about.
Jonathan Edwards had a different take: if our actions are free, then they do not represent us but merely a decision floating in a vacuum. Thus only under determinism is action morally responsible.
Carrol