Compatibilist accounts of freedom show that meaningful choice exists within causal systems. Religious practice can meaningfully express values even if those values themselves have prior causes.

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Causal systems(as used in the discussion of determinism): A chain of events where each thing that happens is caused by something that came before it, like dominoes falling one after another.
Prior causes(as contrasted with the agent's will): Events or conditions that happened before an action and might have influenced it, like someone's upbringing, genetics, or circumstances beyond their control.
compatibilism(Offered as a response to the traditional problem of free will): The philosophical position that free will and moral responsibility are compatible with determinism being true
meaningful choice(Gutmann's account of the preconditions for genuine autonomy in education): A choice made by persons who possess the intellectual skills necessary to evaluate ways of life different from that of their parents.

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