Richard Dawkins' Faith In Free Will Is As Blind As A Christians To God

[Edwardo Piet]

Just because someone may have had to kill someone in that exact situation doesn't mean they can't learn from it and not do it again in future - and nor does it mean they can necessarily be trusted to not kill again (since they are the sort of person capable of doing so, evidently): So it's good to lock the murderer up both to keep them away from others and to 'teach them a lesson' so after they are released many years later they may (hopefully!) have learned a thing or two. This applies with or without free will so I don't see why we need to pretend we have it at all. In fact pretending we have it could lead to unjust behaviour because the moral judgement is not based on reality.

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