LogFAQs > #931505060

There are a lot of reasons we still hold to free will:

- We can't perfectly predict our own actions and certainly not the actions of others.
- We can imagine alternative scenarios, thereby leading us to believe we could have physically made that choice (even though it is impossible to choose alternatives in any given instance of choice, so it's not even a testable idea).
- Kantian principles are still extremely foundational components of a lot of our moral, ethical, and legal consideration.
- Separation of self and vessel has been a common trait in human thinking since ancient times.
- It's comforting to believe that "we" are fundamentally in control of what "our body" does.