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[from 'Elbow Room: varieties of free will' by Daniel C. Dennett, in 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will ]

Full Idea

Can I even conceive of beings whose wills are freer than our own?

Gist of Idea

Can we conceive of a being with a will freer than our own?

Source

Daniel C. Dennett (Elbow Room: varieties of free will [1984], §7.3)

Book Reference

Dennett,Daniel C.: 'Elbow Room - Free will worth wanting' [MIT 1999], p.172