RE: Free Will - Yes/No?
May 9, 2016 at 2:14 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2016 at 2:15 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
Robvalue Wrote:"If it is the case that all humans have no genuine decisions to make, I think it is morally correct to make the genuine decision not to punish any crimes."
I have encountered that fallacy and you're absolutely right that is a fallacy, I see what you're saying now.
I myself avoid both that and fatalism by recognizing that we do have genuine decisions to make, they're just not absolutely free. So I would say "If it's the case that all humans have no absolutely free genuine decisions to make, I nevertheless think it's IMO morally correct to make the genuinely relatively but not absolutely free decision to punish crimes insofar as it actually helps people overall, whilst avoiding so-called 'just deserts' that would only make sense if our decisions were absolutely free."
-Hammy
