David: Free Will: requires a properly functioning brain. > Romansh: No it does not! The quote you posted does not even suggest that. > It suggests to have a sense of free will.-The whole thrust of the article was to point out what happens when the brain is not functioning properly. Then the author reaches a conclusion about free will that I do not think fits the discussion he presents. As far as I am concerned a properly functioning brain provides free will. If the brain's software is sick, mentation is affected, as is our awareness of reality.