English Dictionary

free will

noun

A person's natural inclination; unforced choice / (philosophy) The ability to choose one's actions, or determine what reasons are acceptable motivation for actions, without predestination, fate etc.

She believes in the power of free will.

意味（1）

A person's natural inclination; unforced choice

I say therefore, there is no likelyhood, we should imagine, the beasts doe the very same things by a naturall inclination and forced genuitie, which we doe of our owne freewil and industrie.

意味（2）

(philosophy) The ability to choose one's actions, or determine what reasons are acceptable motivation for actions, without predestination, fate etc.

What is free will but the power of volition and action, and of thought and speech, to all appearance as of one's self?