> (1) That free will of some sort is a necessary condition for moral responsibility,

> (2) That moral responsibility exists regardless of whether determinism is true &

> (3) That free will wouldn’t exist in a deterministic universe

Number 2 seems to be the shakiest point. From the article, it seems that if my buddy flakes on lunch just to play video games then I'm blaming him so that means he is morally responsible and so I'm justified in being upset.

But I could just as easily say that everything was predetermined, he flaked, and I'm upset without assigning any morally responsibility. It's just his brain chemistry to sometimes be flakey. I'll take this into account in my future dealings with him.

Whether or not free will exists, my response is the same. So why do I have to keep this notion of free will around? Determinism doesn't support it. There's refutation of freewill and the only thing against it is my intuition. My intuition is often wrong and it's wrong again. There's no freewill.