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Single Idea 3817

[from 'Rationality in Action' by John Searle, in 16. Persons / F. Free Will / 4. For Free Will ]

Full Idea

The most dramatic manifestation of the free will gap is that when one has several reasons for performing an action, one may act on only one of them; one may select which reason one acts on.

Gist of Idea

Free will is most obvious when we choose between several reasons for an action

Source

John Searle (Rationality in Action [2001], Ch.3.II)

Book Reference

Searle,John R.: 'Rationality in Action' [MIT 2001], p.65