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CMV: Free will and determinism are compatible

I have heard people argue that free will is nothing but an illusion.
I argue that to be a misconception made when people learn about determinism.

An for those unaware about determinism, it says that all things that exist in the universe have a cause for why it happened and that every specific human action is a result of past events. This means that you are not the ultimate cause of your actions.

So why do some say that this implies there is no free will?
The most common definition of free will is that you can choose between different actions whether they be good or bad or right or wrong. And that when you chose an action, it was possible that you could’ve done otherwise. That version of free will might be possible and I’ll explain why later. Some people say that free will is an illusion because ultimately, the choices you make were not made by you and that every action you do was bound to happen. Some believe a god decides their actions and their fate making them also not the ultimate cause of their actions.

So why do I think that argument is wrong, determinism seems to prove them right?
The reason that argument is flawed is because it neglects other definitions of free will.
Although there are other definitions, I define free will as doing an actions on one’s own accord without coercion.
This means that you are able to do what you want in a given situation.

So how does this version of free will line up with determinism?
When you have to choose between multiple options, your brain simulates doing the options and then chooses the one it thinks will give it the outcome it wants.
Think of it like previewing multiple YouTube videos and then choosing the video you think you are going to enjoy.
That is why the illusion that you could’ve done an alternate action to the choice you made exist. This means that when you make a choice without coercion, it was done out of your own desire. You were only going to do the choice you wanted to do in the situation you were in given your knowledge, intelligence, and reasoning in order to get what you wanted. To prove my idea, try to throw a paper in the trash without wanting to throw the paper in the trash. It’s impossible to do without coercion.
So if you want to go shopping, it’s not like determinism says, “Sally wants to go shopping? We did not have that scheduled for her.” All determinism is, is the reason why you wanted to go shopping in the first place and that those reasons had reasons for why they happened too.

If determinism implies that you couldn’t have done other than the choice you made, then why did you say there was a way that version of free will could exist earlier? If the multiverse turns out to be true, then you do have the ability do choose other than the decision you made, but only if you refer to your existence as a whole across all timelines.
Think of yourself as a character in a game or tv show.
There’s a specific way you’re character talks, specific desires that your character has, and a specific way of dealing with a situation. Some characters are good and some are bad due to the plot that is determinism.
The amount of free will varies from person to person.
For example , the master has more free will than his slave.

That’s my opinion and I’m open to a discussion.
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Compatibilism is a perfectly valid way to view determinism vs free will. However, when hard determinists say there is no free will they don't mean what you're talking about. They mean that whatever was going to happen was always going to happen. 

How about this metaphor. A rock sits atop a hill. If you push the rock, the rock will roll down the hill. You push the rock. Does the rock have any free will to not roll down the hill?