Free will is a cultural concept, not a biological one. Consciousness may be driven by a biological machine, but development of our ego is influenced a lot by cu

Free will is a cultural concept, not a biological one. Consciousness may be driven by a biological machine, but development of our ego is influenced a lot by culture. Free will is faith in the sense that we learn the concept from our culture as our sense of self develops. The assumption of having it shapes our thinking such that we can say we actually have it. A person who took their inner voice as voice from the gods would have a restricted free will in this view.