John Locke proposes a view of freewill best characterized as compatiblism. The view he presents focuses heavily on the necessity of both liberty and motivation in true freedom. Ultimately, this view resembles libertarianism, but differs by elaborating on why people choose one decision over another. In traditional libertarianism individuals are free agents that make their own choices. As long as an individual’s ability to make choices is not restricted he is considered free. Locke disagrees with this view of freewill because it does not take into account volition. For example, a man is held at gun point and asked to surrender his wallet, wanting to avoid conflict, he does so reluctantly. In the context of this example a libertarian would consider
