Frankfurt's Unwilling and Wanton Addicts thought experiment is intended to show that
A. if you do not formulate second-order volitions, or if you do not act on the ones you do form, your actions are not free.
B. if you formulate second-order volitions, or if you act on the ones you do form, your actions are not free.
C. some actions are not free.
D. drug addicts can never form second-order volitions.
Answer: A
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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What will be an ideal response?