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If you do, the determinist will claim that the decision was entirely out of your hands: you were constained by force.
That's not what determinism is all about. Whatever your reasoning, your decision to forego your money was still a product of your mind's analysis of the situation.
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I don't know what variety of determinism you subscribe to, Seth. It sounds like you just proved my case for free will.
If my decision to forego the money was the result of mental analysis and rumination...
...then when does the determinism come into play? The whole idea of free will is that I can reflect upon and choose a course of action.