Instead of just considering this question in the abstract, let's focus in on one particular example. Take the age-old problem of free will — a topic discussed at length here at The Stone by Galen Strawson, William Egginton and hundreds of readers. If all of our actions are determined by prior events — just one thing causing the next, which causes the next — then is it ever possible for human beings to be morally responsible for the things we do? Faced with this question, many people feel themselves pulled in competing directions — it is as though there is something compelling them to say yes, but also something that makes them want to say no.

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