(October 1, 2012 at 8:17 pm)Tino Wrote: If you don't have free will, are you accountable for your actions? If you don't believe in free will, do you still hold others accountable for their actions? Why or why not?
Technically, no.
Evolution has provided ways to ensure survival of the species and in the case of humans, intelligence has modified our actions differently that most other animals.
Intelligence has allowed us to modify our existence by establishing goals. Survival, however, is still number one on the list and anything detrimental to our existence as a species is aggressively eliminated. Certainly not in all cases, but the overall success of our species shows out intelligence to be an effective survival tool.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
