[MD] Free Will

[Joseph Maurer]

On 6/28/11 10:32 PM, "Ham Priday" <hampday1 at verizon.net> wrote:

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> Joe, in my epistemology Will is simply intention or what we want.  And the
> fact that what we want is often not what a deterministic Nature gives us is
> itself proof that our Will is free.  Free Will is not something "added" to
> our actions; it is intrinsic to our value sensibility.  What we desire or
> want out of life is the Value of our essential Source.  We sense this Value
> as something we do not possess but intend for ourselves; yet we can only
> realize it in our experience of otherness.  This drives us to create,
> explore, and manipulate an objective world which represents the values we
> feel intrinsically.
> 
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Hi Ham and ALL,

Will as intention or what we want removes will from metaphysical
consideration, and leaves individuality a crapshoot.

Joe