A REAL “Could Have Done Otherwise”

The cartoon on the above infographic was inspired by a facebook comment of a fellow free will skeptic (Stephen Lawrence) who used the analogy of a court judge:

“So imagine a man in court accused of a crime. The judge says “you could have done what you should have done”. The accused says “can you be clear about what that means for the jury”. The judge says ” yes, what it means is you could have done otherwise by virtue of the fact that if circumstances you did not choose had been appropriat...