But if they still pay attention to those factors it's not free will. It's not a pure choice because factors bias it. In no way would I suggest that a lack of free will in any way justifies murder etc, nor that committers of offences should be let off easy as a result. It's an acceptance that a combination of situation and DNA are what affects my situation rather than clinging to some idea that we can always choose what to do. If a plane is going to crash into my house, I'm not going to go to the kitchen and have a biscuit just to prove that I have free will and can do what I wish (and even then it wouldn't be free will because I'd only be doing it to prove that we have free will; an attempt to vindicate my point and thus biasing the decision), likewise if I'm hungry I'm not going to throw myself under a car just to prove that I can.
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