Imagine you flip a coin in two identical universes, and due to quantum randomness it comes up heads in one universe and tails in another. According to your definition, the coin has free will. That seems silly to me.
I’d define free will as the ability to make different choices, not just the possibility. It has to be something special about the will of conscious beings that separates us from unthinking objects like coins.
I don’t think such a thing exists, but that’s the only definition that satisfies me. That’s why I don’t think randomness implies free will, because there’s no “will” there.
Imagine you flip a coin in two identical universes, and due to quantum randomness it comes up heads in one universe and tails in another. According to your definition, the coin has free will. That seems silly to me.
I’d define free will as the ability to make different choices, not just the possibility. It has to be something special about the will of conscious beings that separates us from unthinking objects like coins.
I don’t think such a thing exists, but that’s the only definition that satisfies me. That’s why I don’t think randomness implies free will, because there’s no “will” there.