yeah, yeah, yeah. Unfortunately man's primary predator is man and man is a social animal so ......
...if your agency argument is applied it is falsified immediately because humans always need take into account how what they are doing is seen by others. Ergo free from others is a non-starter unless one is invincible and one knows it or one doesn't give a turd about consequences, both of which are vanishingly unlikely if one is to continue behaving.
Evolution police statement or drive by whichever gives you comfort.
I now realise how useless it would be to argue anything. Life must look pretty bleak from your vantage point. And, obviously, you're not even free to dislike it there.
EB
Post Script
Maybe I should explain. Fast could have done that too, I guess.
So, I think what happens here is that FDI and DBT, among other potential serial offenders, choose to interpret compound expression A + B literally, i.e. they choose to assume that the meaning of A + B is A's meaning plus B's meaning. In the case of free will, this leads inevitably (no freedom here) to take free literally and therefore conclude there's no possible free will in a deterministic universe.
Doing this should lead also inevitably to dismiss all expressions starting with the word "free" (at least if we assume we're in a deterministic universe).
So, the prisoner released out of prison still won't be a free man. Sorry, love, it's tough, but.
Also, even if somebody tells you, "
you're free to go", don't believe that for a moment. You won't ever be free to go.
Also, the West has for years shouted from the roof-tops about its free press, but we know better, don't we?
That's not all. Sick or not, you won't ever be free of disease. Of any disease! You think you feel good now? Well, maybe you need to see a doctor, before it's too late.
And whatever the government will tell you, nothing is ever free of taxes, even if it's just the case there is no tax.
Beware on the highway, too, even though the lane you're on is clear and unobstructed, it won't be a free lane. So, remain vigilant, or maybe just switch to another lane, one which will be more obviously non-free.
And, pupils the world over, if you think you can enjoy free time between classes, then, think again, there's no such a thing as free time.
Ah, and, yes, scientists! Scientists the world over, you too, you think you're so smart you know there are atoms with free energy levels? You triple idiots! There is no such a thing!
I guess that will do.