Mr. Stanton
Intro to Philosophy
07 November 2016
Libertarianism Vs. Compatibilism Libertarianism and compatibilism each have very convincing arguments regarding free will, however they contradict each other in several ways. Libertarianism accepts that free will exists and that free will is defined as the ability to act differently from deterministic laws. However, libertarianism rejects that everything occurs according to deterministic laws. The deterministic law can be summarized into a basic principle: Everything is predetermined, all effects are the uncontrollable result of causes. Compatibilists contradict libertarianism by accepting that everything occurs according to deterministic laws. Compatibilists do agree that