RE: Implications of not having free will
January 7, 2015 at 10:11 pm
(This post was last modified: January 7, 2015 at 10:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 7, 2015 at 5:34 pm)Blackout Wrote: I think the approach of no free will could be dangerous for another reason - We could feel compelled, trough observation of people's behaviour, to predict if they could be [or not] potential criminals and for said reason segregate them right away,We already do this -even though- we accept free will. Personally, even if we didn't - even if we could predict a persons behavior...I still wouldn't be in favor of segregating them. I'm content to wait for the crime to happen before punishing someone for it regardless of whether or not they have a choice in committing it.
Quote:Perhaps we've studied different schools, but when I studied criminal law, a deterministic proposition/approach was rejected in the beginning because criminal law wouldn't allow someone to be punished if the subject isn't able to determine his or hers behaviour according to the law - Fully making the choice of committing a crime, when she/he could have refused to engage in said actPunitive/rehabilitative. Criminal law can allow for either of these approaches (and already does). I agree that the first (yours) would not "work" if there were no free will. Doesn't seem to me like it works anyway, regardless of whether or not there is free will.
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