RE: Free Will - Yes/No?
May 8, 2016 at 7:14 am
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2016 at 7:16 am by robvalue.)
(May 8, 2016 at 7:11 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(May 8, 2016 at 3:32 am)robvalue Wrote: There is a third option, that all actions are the net result of (quantum) randomness. So (in my opinion) it doesn't make sense to call this "free will", nor is the universe entirely deterministic, if this was the case.
However, this still results in the answer "no" to free will so I will vote that way. If I had to guess, I think it's an illusion of sorts.
But I agree with Losty. the concept of "free will" is not well defined. In fact, I consider it to be as slippery as woo words.
Well, even with quantum randomness, there's still cause and effect, right?
Presumably, yes. I don't see how that's relevant. If you're attempting to persuade someone to favour one choice over another, you are assuming they have the ability to consciously make such a choice.
"Should" as used in a predictive, scientific setting, is not like a moral imperative at all.
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