Will, within philosophy, is a faculty of the mind. Will is important as one of the parts of the mind, along with reason and understanding. It is considered central to the field of ethics because of its role in enabling deliberate action.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau conceived and popularised the general will
The House of Commons Voting on the Family of Action Plan in Budapest, Hungary—an example of the general will espoused by Rousseau.
John Locke
G. W. F. Hegel
Free will is the capacity or ability to choose between different possible courses of action.
A biker performing a dirt jump that, according to some interpretations, is the result of free will
A domino's movement is determined completely by laws of physics.
René Descartes
Thomas Hobbes was a classical compatibilist.