Abstract

A proper examination shows that the existing definitions of free will are incomplete and implausible as, in addition of being partial, they involve various problems for why they fail to capture the idea of freedom in a true sense. In the present paper, the loopholes and incompleteness of these existing definitions have been identified. Besides, it has been argued in this paper that a complete and plausible definition of free will must contain both the surface freedom and the deeper freedom. Even though such a complete and plausible definition of free will has not been found in the existing literature concerning free will and moral responsibility, this paper ends up with the expectation that such a definition of free will can be found soon.