Full Idea
Aquinas conceives of freedom as free decision or judgement, which cannot be attributed to the will alone.
Gist of Idea
Aquinas attributes freedom to decisions and judgements, and not to the will alone
Source
report of Thomas Aquinas (Summa Theologicae [1265]) by Kretzmann/Stump - Aquinas, Thomas 12
Book Reference
'Shorter Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Craig,Edward [Routledge 2005], p.42
A Reaction
This idea might improve the free will debate considerably, because it is not clear what sort of thing a 'will' is, and it is not clear how an entity can be 'free' in isolation, by its intrinsic nature. Isn't all freedom contextual?