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    According to the libertarian conception of free will, fre... — Carmelics
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    Supports→It is impossible even for an omnipotent being to make it the case that someone freely chooses to do what is right.

    According to the libertarian conception of free will, free will is incompatible with determinism.

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    But there is also another reason why that claim is problematic, which arises out of a particular conception of free will—namely, a libertarian conception. According to this view of free will, and in contrast with what are known as compatibilist approaches, free will is incompatible with determinism, and so it is impossible even for an omnipotent being to make it the case that someone freely chooses to do what is right.

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