Free Will

In the final chapter of Genome, Ridley explains the conflict between free will and genetic determinism.  Free will is the mind of an individual that controls all of their action through the conscious, experience, and knowledge from their mind. However in genetic determinism, all actions made by organisms are planned and predetermined by the genes that are coded in their chromosome. Ridley uses the example if using child abusers. Ridley notes that children often caused troubles and the penalty is that the parents punish them, thus making them learn to never do that ever again. Free will may not be able to control everything but it is a major part in the events that occur in the lives of each and every individual.