RE: If free will was not real
July 27, 2016 at 10:06 pm
(This post was last modified: July 27, 2016 at 10:07 pm by Jehanne.)
(July 27, 2016 at 9:53 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote:(July 27, 2016 at 9:29 pm)Jehanne Wrote: You don't have to be a "mad dog" determinist to be an atheist; that's the whole point of the compatibilist argument.
What?
The Compatibilist position says that free will is compatible with determinism, whereas, the strict deterministic position says that it is not. The "mad dog" is a joke about how determinists cannot be too passionate about their position, as they are not "free" to choose it, assuming, of course, that it is true to begin with.
IMHO, determinism is probably the true perspective on things, which means that absolute free will does not exist.