Reppert's post:Harry Potter, Love Potions, and Free willThe value of free will does not end there. All sorts of relationships acquire special value because they involve love, trust, and affection are freely bestowed. The love potions that appear in many fairy stories (and the Harry Potter series) can become a trap; the one who has used the potion finds that he wants to be loved for his own ...
Victor Reppert: “I must say I don't understand the fuss about Frankfurt's counterexamples…Look, don't these examples all founder on a failure to distinguish between choosing freely and carrying out the choice effectively.”Far from failing to draw that distinction, it seems to me that these examples are designed to reinforce that distinction.“In the cases given, isn't it the case that you could have chosen otherwise. You have what is ...
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