merrill@rex.DEC (10/17/84)
This may be too brief for some ... but here goes. "Free" will does NOT mean free-of-any-influence chemical, psychological, political, emotional, even physical; the "free" in "free will" refers to freedom from ANOTHER person's will ( Mother, God, Freud ... ). To me a Good Relationship has individual freedom of will WITH voluntary cooperation and occasional compromise of "will." Testing the presence of free will is bitter-sweet: there must be evidence (a) of differing will and (b) of voluntarily submitting to another's will. Example: "I want to make love NOW -- but I'll wait until after we're married." Rick