He calls his vision of free will the vision of the asymmetry of reason, attributing to people "the responsibility that depends on the ability to act in accordance with the True and the Good" . Wolf believes that when an individual is faced with a decision between right and wrong, if they come to make their choice, right or wrong, based on “psychological determination,” then this constitutes freedom in a deterministic world. This freedom can still exist if no alternative decisions are available, Wolf argues. In his view of the Deep Self, Wolf uses the source of one's decision making to determine one's responsibility for one's actions. The deep self, or a person's moral responsibility, is what makes them responsible for their actions. This is only true if this person's actions, however, are "under the control" of his will, and these desires must then be recognized by the self or "deeper" self. The process of recognizing and deciding to act on these desires is what holds us accountable for our actions, Wolf says. The healthy deep self, the way of controlling one's deep self desires, is proposed by Wolf after the JoJo the Dictator problem. JoJo's father was her role model and when she grows up she knows no other way to control her people and uses the same methods her father used when he was dictator. Wolf believes that JoJo cannot be held responsible for these terrible things because
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