Q&A: Free Choice
Free Choice
Question
Hi, hello Rabbi—can there be free choice without a component of a soul? I had an argument about this with a friend. He claimed yes, because he feels that there is, and that it could simply be that there is some kind of thing (which is still within the realm of matter) that we haven’t yet discovered, and that is what gives us free choice. I’m interested in your opinion.
Answer
You’re asking whether, according to the known laws of physics, a material entity can have free choice? In my opinion, no.
Discussion on Answer
In the book The Science of Freedom, and briefly in the article on free will here on the site.
https://mikyab.net/%d7%9e%d7%90%d7%9e%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%9d/%d7%9e%d7%91%d7%98-%d7%a9%d7%99%d7%98%d7%aa%d7%99-%d7%a2%d7%9c-%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a4%d7%a9-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%a6%d7%95%d7%9f/
Thank you very much.
Can you point me to a place where you wrote about this in more detail?