RE: Do animals have free Will?
February 9, 2012 at 3:07 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2012 at 3:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 9, 2012 at 12:56 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:At the time of action it is against my chosen nature to kill my wife. I could, by choice, choose to kill my wife.
Actually a good analogy, Tacky. Animals kill for a reason - usually hunger. Humans kill for any number of reasons....or no reason at all.
Perhaps what sets us apart is our seemingly unlimited capacity for mayhem?
Animals also kill for "no reason at all". Chimps became famous for this.
(they're moving in a column under "lights out" protocols....that's what always gets me about this...it's not random, it's well conceieved and well executed, chimp military action. They all seem to know the SOP too, wonder how they worked that out..hehehe. Obviously I picked chimps because they are animals which do things that are immediately recognizable to us, could have picked an ant war, or anything really, sport killing kittens, etc...)
@Genk, so, not graded, but only reached after certain level? That's a difficult idea to comprehend....Something that has no "grades" but is determined by "levels". How have you determined that some animals have free will and some do not if the criteria have not yet been established btw?
(*In case you were wondering I'm of the opinion that free will is just something we've made up, (criteria created to suit a conclusion already reached))
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