Subject: Re: Free will?
"I'm not sure I buy that. Legally, we assume free will when determining punishment for a crime committed. But does that mean we actually have a choice outside our wiring and sthtu?"

Is there a difference between a will produced on your own with a lawyer, according to your own wishes, and a will written while someone with a gun pointed at your kids demanding that you will everything to the gunman? You have equal amounts of philosophical free will in both cases.