# Free Will versus Determinism

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 6, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-will-versus-determinism/1019278 "2025-06-06T20:19:35Z")\
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> [@Mijin](#):
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> I’m not following this point at all. If you understand that discussions of situations like prison is just a more constrained set of options, then what’s the relevance to free will and determinism?

Since there are more restrictions in prison to one’s free will, then the difference between being there and living outside, offers a chance to check the pro and against positions a bit.

I don’t think all will change, but the point to me is that there is a difference. You can see it as small, but that difference IMHO should not exist if we insist that limiting one’s free in a situation like that will make no difference.

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