Abstract
In A Metaphysics for Freedom (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012), Helen Steward proposes and defends a novel version of the libertarian account of free action. Amongst several objections that she considers to her view, one that looms particularly large is the Challenge from Chance: ‘the most powerful, widely-promulgated and important line of anti-libertarian reasoning’ (125). This paper begins by arguing that Steward’s response to the Challenge (or, at least, to one strand of it) is not fully convincing. It then goes on to explore a further possible libertarian line of defence against the Challenge, arguing that it, too, ultimately fails. The conclusion is that the Challenge remains an important source of dialectical advantage for the compatibilist.
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