question archive Suppose that you poured yourself a glass of water to have with your dinner, but you could have poured yourself some juice instead
Suppose that you poured yourself a glass of water to have with your dinner, but you could have poured yourself some juice instead
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Suppose that you poured yourself a glass of water to have with your dinner, but you could have poured yourself some juice instead. What does a compatibilist like Hobart think it means to say, I did X, but I could have done Y?
(A) It means that if I had wanted to do Y, then I would have done Y
(B) It means that it is up to me to do either X or Y, nothing outside of me causes my behavior
(C) It means that my doing X is compatible with my doing Y, as long as I want to do both X and Y
(D) It means that if a fluctuation in the quantum vacuum had occurred before I did X, I would have done Y instead
