How Free Are We?: Conversations from the Free Will Show - Hardcoverby Taylor W. Cyr (Author), Matthew T. Flummer (Author) Free will comes up in everyday conversations all the time. "She did that of her own free will." "He could have done something else instead." "It's my choice." "That's up to you." How we think about free will and the closely related concept of moral responsibility is essential to how we think about our lives. We frequently praise and blame each other, and ourselves, for the choices we make,