The term “free will” is an umbrella term that has a whole lot of added abilitiesunder it that cannot be easily partitioned away from the minds of the majority. It is a termthat is simply too baggage laden. This means that it can be used in a narrow way, but those narrow ways do not remove the excess metaphysical abilities that are often inherent in the term.

One of the waysin which somecompatibilists (people who think free will and determinism are compatible) try to partition away the baggage...