I'm not sure what you are trying to say, but free will, I think, requires consciousness. If you want to train to keep your hand on a burner wouldn't that be fre

I'm not sure what you are trying to say, but free will, I think, requires consciousness. If you want to train to keep your hand on a burner wouldn't that be free will. Are we implying that because we can sense pain and other things that we don't have free will. Free will doesn't mean you are omnipotent. You can choose to put your hand on a burner and you can choose to practice keeping it there, both are examples of free will. An instinct to avoid pain isn't negating the free ability to make choices.