ABSTRACT
This chapter concentrates on the libertarians, but on what divides them rather than on what they have in common. It presents what the author takes to be the most defensible form of libertarianism. Libertarians have been insisting, if sometimes confusedly, on a genuine incompatibility between regularity and what is for most men the natural view of choice. The chapter argues that a libertarianism which is rationally constructed out of the common view of choice should locate its indeterminism in the selective directing of attention. Activity of any sort, including coherent and connected thought, involves paying attention. The chapter considers the changes in the focus of consciousness and whether one can appropriately apply to them certain distinctions that have often been recognised in other contexts. The first distinction is that between an action and an occurrence. The second one is drawn, within the realm of action or activity, between an act and a choice.
