Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism?

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Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism?

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RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism?

June 10, 2019 at 3:38 pm

(June 10, 2019 at 1:58 pm)SenseMaker007 Wrote:
Quote:At a minimum, free will is at least a useful fiction.

Thinking you have more freedom than you do can't actually give you freedom but it can cause you to punish people far harsher than you ought to in a way that is very much counterproductive rather than useful. The death penalty, which you yourself mentioned, being a prime example.

In my opinion, executions have a brutalizing effect, making Society slightly more violent over the long term.

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Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by mcc1789 - May 28, 2019 at 8:08 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - May 28, 2019 at 8:30 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - May 29, 2019 at 8:05 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - May 29, 2019 at 6:30 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Acrobat - May 31, 2019 at 6:28 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - May 31, 2019 at 10:29 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Acrobat - June 1, 2019 at 1:22 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by mcc1789 - May 28, 2019 at 8:55 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - May 28, 2019 at 9:37 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by mcc1789 - May 28, 2019 at 9:52 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Anomalocaris - May 28, 2019 at 11:43 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by mcc1789 - May 29, 2019 at 12:40 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Anomalocaris - May 29, 2019 at 10:20 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - May 29, 2019 at 12:49 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Anomalocaris - May 29, 2019 at 6:38 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - June 1, 2019 at 7:38 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - May 30, 2019 at 6:33 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - May 30, 2019 at 7:47 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - May 30, 2019 at 8:07 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - May 30, 2019 at 9:19 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - May 31, 2019 at 8:19 am

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RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - June 1, 2019 at 6:26 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - June 1, 2019 at 4:58 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - June 3, 2019 at 6:37 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by SenseMaker007 - June 9, 2019 at 8:49 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Sal - June 10, 2019 at 6:19 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by The Grand Nudger - May 30, 2019 at 7:59 am

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RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Alan V - May 31, 2019 at 11:08 am

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RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - June 1, 2019 at 6:23 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Acrobat - June 1, 2019 at 8:54 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Anomalocaris - June 1, 2019 at 11:37 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by vulcanlogician - June 2, 2019 at 4:23 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by SenseMaker007 - June 10, 2019 at 6:22 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Jehanne - June 10, 2019 at 8:50 am

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by SenseMaker007 - June 10, 2019 at 12:31 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Jehanne - June 10, 2019 at 1:26 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by SenseMaker007 - June 10, 2019 at 1:58 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Jehanne - June 10, 2019 at 3:38 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by SenseMaker007 - June 10, 2019 at 3:42 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by Jehanne - June 10, 2019 at 7:33 pm

RE: Is Moral Responsibility Compatible With Determinism? - by SenseMaker007 - June 11, 2019 at 1:34 pm

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