Determinism makes us think that somehow our decisions are coerced by some force, as if we were a puppet being pulled along by invisible strings. However, many of those forces are internal, which means they create the will. In other words, some of the cause and effect that determines one's decisions actually makes up one's will. However, when we think of coercion, we think of something else pushing us along. What is forcing you to act as you do? The determinist answers "cause and effect". But, where is that cause and effect? It is inside the will. The will cannot meaningfully be coerced by itself. "I coerced myself" should be understood as "I chose" in this context. Even conventional understanding of free will would allow that when a person is not restrained by something external that he is still "restrained" by his own will.
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