". If you can inject me with something that compels me to seek out and drink a coke , then I am not acting freely , and if I am not choosing to act in a certain fashion , then intelligence is not involved , at least not directly , in what I do ."
"Well this involves the free will / determinism debate , you say you are n't free if your preferences are implanted ... I say you are free when you act in accordance with your preferences , regardless of how those preferences were arrived at . I think to claim you need to `` choose `` your preferences is absurd , as the act of choosing requires prior preferences , which presumably also required a choice .... and the question of how we acquired our first preference arises ..."
"If you can inject me with something that compels me to seek out and drink a coke , then I am not acting freely , and if I am not choosing to act in a certain fashion ,"
"Well this involves the free will / determinism debate , you say you are n't free if your preferences are implanted ."