Free Will -- the "materialist string" pulls both ways.
April 2, 2016 at 6:06 pm
(This post was last modified: April 2, 2016 at 6:07 pm by Jehanne.)
Free will does not exist, because it can not exist; the conversation laws prohibit it, which means that what applies to the rest of the Universe also applies to your brain, which is the origin of your mind.
That's settled, and this thread is not about "arguing" over this fundamental fact. Now, having said that, some are unhappy, because it means that human beings or even non-human animals are not fundamentally responsible for their actions. BUT, the "materialistic string" pulls both ways, because, if you take a human infant and endlessly love that baby, care for him/her as much as possible meeting all of their physical, emotional, nutritional, health, educational, mental, psychological, social and other needs, etc., are "firm but fair" in expectations and discipline, never exposing the child to any sort of physical violence and/or punishments, embracing extended family, friends and community as much as possible, etc., THEN, the child will have NO choice but to grow-up in a loving, nurturing and caring home and will have NO choice but to be a good, loving, kind and caring individual, and a productive member of the society in which he/she lives.
That child will lack free will but will have no choice but to be a good and loving person; their neural circuits will be well-formed and they will not be able to behave otherwise.
That's settled, and this thread is not about "arguing" over this fundamental fact. Now, having said that, some are unhappy, because it means that human beings or even non-human animals are not fundamentally responsible for their actions. BUT, the "materialistic string" pulls both ways, because, if you take a human infant and endlessly love that baby, care for him/her as much as possible meeting all of their physical, emotional, nutritional, health, educational, mental, psychological, social and other needs, etc., are "firm but fair" in expectations and discipline, never exposing the child to any sort of physical violence and/or punishments, embracing extended family, friends and community as much as possible, etc., THEN, the child will have NO choice but to grow-up in a loving, nurturing and caring home and will have NO choice but to be a good, loving, kind and caring individual, and a productive member of the society in which he/she lives.
That child will lack free will but will have no choice but to be a good and loving person; their neural circuits will be well-formed and they will not be able to behave otherwise.
