ABSTRACT
Part I dealt with the attack on belief in free will and the claim that what we take to be the work of conscious deliberation is the result of unconscious causes lying behind whatever we do. Of course, we are constrained from acting completely in accordance with wants and beliefs by our resources, ability and access to opportunities. But we still believe we are free agents though we might be prepared to underwrite compatibilism-that free action is compatible with the belief that all events are nonetheless caused. However, it may well be that the unconscious does act on occasions as a gatekeeper for what is recalled in memory, as we consider the pros and cons in deciding whether to go this way or that. But whatever is recalled or enters into the mind through the senses can be churned over to reach new beliefs, wants, and actions. We are free agents, within very broad limits, and morally responsible if we choose to be so.
