Determinism is a legacy of Newtonian physics. And physics applies, strictly speaking, to lifeless bodies. It treats living bodies in their purely nonliving aspects. For instance, a man falling under gravity is just a mass of a particular shape.
Free will isn't binary. This was known to Aquinas 800 years ago. As he put it, the stones (ie nonliving bodies) move by necessity, the animals move by instinct and humans move freely.
Determinism is a legacy of Newtonian physics. And physics applies, strictly speaking, to lifeless bodies. It treats living bodies in their purely nonliving aspects. For instance, a man falling under gravity is just a mass of a particular shape.
Free will isn't binary. This was known to Aquinas 800 years ago. As he put it, the stones (ie nonliving bodies) move by necessity, the animals move by instinct and humans move freely.