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Essay Exam 3 In “Free Will” by Galen Strawson, the author presents what he calls the “Basic Argument” which states that people do not have the ability to be completely morally responsible for our actions which remains true even if determinism was found to be true or false. (Strawson 588). Since humans are not capable of causa sui, also known as the causing of ourselves, free will and moral responsibility fail to exist (Strawson 588). For example, our genetics and early life experiences are not consciously chosen by us which enhances Strawson’s “Basic Argument” that individuals do not have free will and moral responsibility simply because we have no power over how we are constructed before birth. Although Strawson does exclusively state that

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