Suppose Mary is a determinist but continues to insist that she has "free choice." What would you say in response to her?

What will be an ideal response?


If Mary is a determinist then she thinks everything that happens, even our most carefully deliberated and (apparently) freely chosen actions, is totally caused, or determined, by a set of prior conditions and influences. This implies that there is no such thing as a "free choice" because no one ever "chooses" to do anything that he or she is not determined to do anyway.

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