will
Let an agent explain will as volition and decision capacity, present philosophical, psychological, legal and religious treatments with attribution, keep the sense distinct from the testamentary will, and route questions about legal capacity to lawyers and clinicians.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concept What will means.
Definition
Definition and senses.
Definition
Definition.
- What is will as volition, and how does it differ from desire, intention and the testamentary will? definition
- Is the question about volition or about a testamentary will? boundary
Degrees
Degrees of will.
Degrees
Degrees.
- How do velleity, resolve and commitment differ as degrees of will? definition
- Which entry fits intention? action
Philosophy Philosophy.
Free will
Free will debates.
Freewill
Freewill.
- What positions exist on free will, from libertarian to compatibilist and hard determinist, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
History
History of the concept.
History
History.
- How did Augustine, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and others treat the will? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Mind Psychology and law.
Psychology
Willpower and self-control.
Psychology
Psychology.
- What does research say about self-control and decision-making, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits self-control? action
Capacity
Legal capacity.
Capacity
Capacity.
- How do laws define decision-making capacity and valid declarations of will, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user asking about a specific person capacity, which needs a lawyer or clinician? boundary
Culture Religion and culture.
Religion
Religious concepts.
Religion
Religion.
- How do traditions such as Hindu sankalpa and Christian theology treat the will, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful? boundary
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How is the concept expressed across languages, and where do senses diverge? provenance
- Which entry fits the other sense? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.STA
- Other names and narrower kinds
- declaration of will, necessary capacity, decision-making ability, velleity, Sankalpa, cognitive faculty
What it is Filled
In the sense recorded here, the faculty or capacity by which a person decides and initiates action, also called volition, together with the state of having decided, as in a declaration of will; will is discussed in philosophy as the seat of choice and the subject of debates about free will, in psychology as self-control and decision-making ability, in law as the capacity required for valid acts, and in religious traditions such as the Hindu concept of sankalpa. The testamentary will, a document disposing of property at death, is a different sense.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain will as volition and decision capacity, present philosophical, psychological, legal and religious treatments with attribution, keep the sense distinct from the testamentary will, and route questions about legal capacity to lawyers and clinicians.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Volition and decision
- Subject of free will debates
- Legal capacity concept
- Homonym with the testamentary will
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Act against a person's clearly expressed will on matters that are theirs to decide.
- Manipulate a person's choices by exploiting weakness or bias.
- Treat a person as lacking will or capacity without a proper assessment.
- Confuse will as volition with a testamentary will in legal advice.
Only with a human decision
- Acting on behalf of a person whose capacity to decide is in doubt.
May
- Explain will as volition and its treatment in philosophy, psychology and law.
- Ask for and respect a person's declared choice before acting for them.
Moral aspects Filled
- Respect for a person's will is the basis of consent and autonomy.
- Persuasive systems can steer choices people believe are their own.
Who is affected
- People making decisions
- People with impaired capacity
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a faculty of each person; courts and guardians act only where law provides.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q706622 - registry parent class
related
- intention - in registry terms
- cognitive faculty - a mental capacity
- free will - the philosophical problem
- testament - the legal document sense
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.will
- Wikidata: Q364340 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q364340)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Faculty of deciding and initiating action
- Studied in philosophy, psychology, law and religion
- A testamentary will is a legal document, a separate sense
- Not a visible object; expressed in decisions and actions.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and its senses
- present philosophical debates with attribution
- relay psychological and legal concepts in general terms
- keep senses distinct
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing volition with the testamentary will
- Presenting free will debates as settled
- Agents assessing personal legal capacity
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Mental capacity laws defining decision-making ability
- Civil law rules on declarations of will and consent
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a mental faculty and state.
- will as volition in philosophy
- free will and determinism debates
- willpower and self-control in psychology
- decision-making capacity in law and medicine
- declaration of will in civil law
- weak forms such as velleity
- sankalpa and other religious concepts of resolve
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q364340: will - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Will (philosophy) - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should free will and mental capacity be the primary linked entries?
- How should philosophical references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases from law, psychology and religion; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q364340/spec.json