Assume that determinism is true about your body's movements. Assume also that your consciousness, unlike your body, is not part of the scheme of determinism, and so is free to make decisions, free to choose what to do. If these assumptions are true, then it follows that
A) ?only rational freedom is possible.
B) ?your consciousness cannot have an effect on the body's movements and actions.
C) ?your consciousness can have an effect on the body's movements or actions.
D) ?determinism is true even of your consciousness.
B
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