Freewill is proven if a person can be directed to achieve an (actually many) end results over a long period of time. The ability to work backwards from an objective is an indication of freewill.
But such objective (s) should be contrary to what a person normally believes or follows or is capable of. Hence such objectives would be stressful to any person and will usually not be in sync or even be out of sync with their values.
Someone once defined our values as those that we will continue to follow even if the whole world were against them.
Hence freewill is the capacity to perform things which are counter to our values over a long period of time. The extent to which we can perform this is the extent of freewill. Or, in a lighter vein is an indication of the extent of our values.
These values are embodied in our S1. For an intro into S1, S2 read https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2017/10/thinking-fast-and-slow-daniel-kahnemann.htm. And as Daniel Kahnemann says, it's very effortful to run counter to our S1.
These values are embodied in our S1. For an intro into S1, S2 read https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2017/10/thinking-fast-and-slow-daniel-kahnemann.htm. And as Daniel Kahnemann says, it's very effortful to run counter to our S1.
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