Ayn Rand's Theory of Free Will by Dr. Harry Binswanger   Does the individual make genuine choices, choices that are entirely self-generated? Or is he fundamentally passive, merely reacting to antecedent factors beyond his control?   According to the theory of free will, the individual is fundamentally in control of his own life, forges his own character, and is morally responsible for his own actions. Ayn Rand advanced an original theory of free will that locates free will in a single basic choice: to think or not to think.   In this talk, Dr. Binswanger presents and defends Ayn Rand's theory of free will, and explains its vital significance for understanding oneself and human nature generally. Dr. Binswanger argues that one's volitional control over the operation of one's own mind is an axiom which has to be implicitly assumed as true even by those, such as Marx, Freud, and Skinner, who attempt to deny it.