
Ryan S. answered 03/26/19
PhD in Philosophy with expertise in moral philosophy
Whether a chess program has free will for the compatibilist will depend on how the compatibilist understands free will. All it means to be a compatibilist is to think that determinism and free will are compatible, and this requires a certain conception of free will that's consistent with the truth of determinism. I'm not sure about all of the ways that free will can be understood to be compatible with determinism, but again, whether a chess program has free will depends on how free will is understood.