Determinists have suggested that many different factors are causes of our actions including motives, unconscious mental forces, character, needs, interests, desires, and so on. These factors,...

Determinists have suggested that many different factors are causes of our actions including motives, unconscious mental forces, character, needs, interests, desires, and so on. These factors, determinists say, cause our actions by operating in accordance with the laws of nature. However, some critics of determinism raise this objection: If our minds know such a psychological factor is operating in us, we can choose not to act on that factor. For example, if I realize my reason for doing something is unconscious guilt, I can decide not to do it. If I realize I am doing something for a bad motive or an evil desire, I can decide not to do it. But this is not the way that causes following the laws of nature operate. For example, a falling rock cannot decide to stop falling. A log being carried by a river current cannot decide to stop moving. So our ability to choose not to act on any psychological factor we know about shows our actions are not caused by those factors operating in accordance with the laws of nature. Do you think this objection to determinism is right? Why?