RE: Free will and humans
March 7, 2016 at 12:33 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2016 at 12:50 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 7, 2016 at 12:03 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(March 7, 2016 at 6:50 am)pool the great Wrote: I have control over my actions.
Since I have control over my actions I have free will.
Free will exists because I have control over my actions.
*I have defined free will.
*Demonstrated that I poses free will.
*Showed that free will exists without assuming free will exists.
Except you haven't really demonstrated that you have control over your actions, which if false, demolishes your argument.
It doesn't matter if it's true or false, simply making the claim demolishes any argument for free will based upon it, regardless of whether or not one actually has free will or free will even exists. Claiming to have control over our actions is claiming to have free will. It's a non-starter.
May as well have said;
I have free will
Since I have free will I have free will
Free will exists because I have free will
I've never understood the need to jump through hoops over free will. Either we have it or we don't, but it's difficult to see what the difference in our lives would be regardless. At best, it's an attribute that a person has failed to provide compelling argument for but possesses nevertheless, at worst, it's a delusion that harms no one.
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