Okay real idea now.

A slight disclaimer I guess, what has happened is I found that these articles were supportive in a way, but using them as links throughout my blog would make for quite a hefty read so I want to leave these here for extra reading but have used separate links to help clarify certain phrases and words throughout the blog


http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/problem/

This link will give a brief overview as to what the basic problem of free will is. It sets up the main positions and gives a short summary about these positions. Each position has a link to a more in depth description of that position.

http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/moral_responsibility.html

This link shows us the problem that comes with determinism. This problem is such that if the universe is wholly determined then how can we be held morally responsible for our actions.

http://www.informationphilosopher.com/freedom/compatibilism.html

This link is an overview as to my main position within the argument. The position is known as compatibilism. This means that two opposing ideas can become compatible in order to iron out the creases in each of the ideas aas individuals.

slideshow of a tutorial

This is a link to a slideshow that was used as lecture notes for Victoria University of Wellingtons philosophy paper that covers the topic. It outlines the subject as it is taught. I would call it raw philosophy that uses logical argument layouts which are taught in first year philosophy.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528772.300-can-we-live-without-free-will.html

This is a link to an article in the NewScientist. This is a magazine that regularly produces literature about recent findings on different scientific topics. Philosophy included. This article is about findings that back up the lack of free will, but discuss whether or not we really need it in our lives.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/233206
Important

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01624156?LI=true#page-1

This is Peter Van Inwagen's article dismissing compatibilism as a possible theory for free will. He replies to the theories of another philosopher named Nowell-Smith

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00048406112341111

1961 article written by R.L. Franklin, discussing free will

http://www.springerlink.com/content/h316702r6x532j2r/

This article is written by Jan Narveson and is a reply to Peter Van Inwagen's criticism of compatibilism.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2023833
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/2185789

These two articles both discuss something called the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, the relation it has to moral responsibility.

account of the whole topic

This link is another Victoria University resource and are just the simple class notes from a philosophy class.