I included a link about how many people believe in ‘free will’, or not. The webpage includes the concept of Compatibilism. I had never heard that term before. I don’t know if free will and determinism are compatible. Doesn’t seem like it.
What is strange is the idea of ‘choice’ as necessity for ‘morality’. Maybe there are degrees to both. One can only make a choice from ones past experience, so are choices really ‘free’? If one is human, one will make a different choice than what a cat might make to a particular stimulus or event. Are cats moral for having made a ‘choice’?