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\n# Abstract\n\nNeuroscience progresses rapidly with the advent of new observational techniques.Scientistshave reduced mental states such as emotions and moods to specific chemicals and areas of thebrain.Some philosophers have taken these advances to mean the death of free will.So,this paperseeks to counter with philosophical arguments(some traditional,some modern,and some novel)the notion that because aspects of human personalities and choice are influenced and reducible toneurochemistry that free will does not exist.Free will is worth considering afresh because of allof the implications of neuroscience and because discussions can help clarify ideas about how toassign blame and praise,as well as how to punish.We intuit free will and to function it isnecessary to believe in it,and therefore it is necessary to justify why we believe in it.I thenbriefly outline it and its history and a collection of related terms.Next,I consider threeneurobiologically-based arguments against free will:we are governed by our genes,  \npsychological abnormalities eliminate free will,and lastly that because our emotions areinfluenced by neurochemistry we do not choose.I answer with pragmatism,choosing reasonabledefinitions and traditional Humean arguments.Then,I give reasons to actually support free willwith appeals to pragmatism and Churchland's neurophilosophy(philosophy influenced andinformed by neuroscience).This leads to a rarity in philosophy:actual applications.Throughscience we can give people suffering from mental illness their free will back in the areas inwhich they had lost it.Finally,I consider determinism versus libertarianism and I show withHume's arguments and original examples that a world need not be nondeterministic to have freewill.I conclude that compatibilism is the best possible option at the moment in a world where wehave free will.  \nWORD COUNT:298  \nTable of Contents  \nWhy Free Will?(Introduction)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1  \nNeurological Attacks on Free Will and Responses……………………………………………………………………………5  \nPragmatism and Neurophilosophy Prop up Free Will……………………………………………………………………8  \nCompatibilism is Superior to Libertarianism and Hard Determinism…………………………………………10  \nConclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12  \nWorks Cited………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14.  \nIn Defense of Free Willfrom Neurobiological Challenges  \n# Why Free Will?\n\nThree witches tell a guy that he will be king of Scotland and then he does so (throughbetrayal and regicide).An oracle tells another guy that he willmurder his father and marry hismother and then he does so.A white woman falsely accuses a black man of rape and he isconvicted and executed.  \nWhich of the characters are to blame?Which were the victims of a cruel fate?Ourintuition tells us that Macbeth and his wife are if not evil overly ambitious and thus responsible.Oedipus,though less guilty because he did not set the events in motion nor cause such cruelcoincidences,retains some blame for his notoriously hot temper and simply stupid and ill-thought decisions.Lastly,anyone can see that Tom Robinson could do nothing against the racistjudicial system;in fact,his misfortune results because of his good character.Common sense,whatever that is,indicates a continuum of guilt.  \nTheir situations are entirely equal,at least in terms of to whom we should assign blame,according to those who deny free willa place in the collective ontology.Macbeth is not to blamefor killing Duncan because he could not have acted otherwise.No one is to blame for anything,regardless of their intentions.Similarly,we cannot praise people for their actions.The man whorescued the baby from the burning building should not be called a hero;he was just living out hisdestiny.Denial of free will also obl","cbCairyMCmYJU5k2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairyMCmYJU5k2","pdf",6765744,18,"English","# Abstract\n# Why Free Will?\n## Background cases and 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