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    Challenges→Freedom of choice distinguishes humans from animals

    If freedom of choice is operationalized as the capacity to override instinct and adapt behavior through learning, then the purported distinguishing criterion applies to numerous animal species.

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    Operationalized(as used in philosophy and policy)
    Turned into a concrete plan or set of actual steps that people can actually do in the real world.
    capacity(Theory of capacity)
    A subject's ability to make decisions, assessed by paradigm examples and the presence of necessary (and possibly sufficient) abilities.
    distinguishing criterion(as used in philosophical arguments about what makes humans unique)
    A specific feature or characteristic that sets one thing apart from another and makes it different or special.
    freedom of choice(as used in ethics and metaphysics)
    The ability to make decisions and pick between different options based on your own reasoning, rather than being forced or controlled by outside forces.
    override instinct

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    (as used in discussions of free will and animal behavior)
    The ability to go against your automatic, built-in urges or reactions and do something different instead.

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