This paper argues that “free will” is vague. The argument has two steps. First, I argue that free will is a matter of degrees and, second, that there are no sharp boundaries separating free decisions and actions and non-free ones. After presenting the argument, I focus on one significant consequence of the thesis, although others are mentioned along the way. In short, considerations of vagueness help understand the logic behind so-called manipulation arguments, but also show why these arguments are ultimately flawed.

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“自由意志”含糊不清

本文认为“自由意志”是模糊的。论证有两个步骤。首先，我认为自由意志是一个程度问题，其次，自由决定和行动与非自由决定和行动之间没有明确的界限。在提出论点之后，我将重点放在论文的一个重要结论上，尽管一路上也提到了其他一些结论。简而言之，对模糊性的考虑有助于理解所谓的操纵论点背后的逻辑，但也表明了为什么这些论点最终是有缺陷的。