So please explain to me how that’s going to fly in court, or point me to where someone else explained that, and that this explanation went unaddressed. And if I did address it, the next step would be to respond to what I said, not to claim victory, as some here do.
But that’s just the point, claiming you can escape punishment because “movement of atoms in my brain made me do it” is not going to work. And it might be noted that Arminians object to source compatiblism on the grounds that this idea of free will is not really free, and I agree. Though I’m not an Arminian.
Well, people generally do consider the soul to be the author of their thoughts, and reasoning, and freely authored, when they are valid. And the alternative to the soul not existing appears to be determinism. And some believe free will is ultimately random, I disagree, I don’t consider determinism and randomness to be the only alternatives. When people say “I’ll write a book!” they aren’t thinking something random happened, they think they really came up with this idea. So I believe we can be real authors of thoughts, and reasoning, because our reason comes from a self-existent reason. Though I can’t explain the mechanics of how we think! No one can. But I don’t conclude that we need to sit down in a puddle of tears and give up, it’s good to examine the foundations, and see how far we can get.