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Libertarian free will defined: the ability to choose among alternative options compatible with one's nature. Two versions — principle of alternative possibilities (PAP) and sourcehood freedom.

How Free Will Conflicts with Atheism (Dr. Tim Stratton) 00:14:48 – 00:19:55

Philosophical definitions before presenting the formal argument

Stratton defines libertarian free will (not political): (1) PAP — principle of alternative possibilities: genuine ability to have chosen otherwise (chocolate vs. vanilla at the ice cream shop); (2) Sourcehood freedom — you are the uncaused source of a specific thought or action, with no external causal determination. His combined definition: "the ability to choose between or among a range of alternative options each of which is compatible with one's nature at a given moment." Compatibilism says only one option is compatible with your nature at a given moment — Stratton asks why think that?

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