RE: Free Will, Decision making and religion
March 15, 2015 at 11:53 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2015 at 11:54 pm by Whateverist.)
(March 15, 2015 at 9:05 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Wow you guys seriously don't believe in freewill. If there is no freewill, there is no goodness either and no praiseworthy actions.
I certainly agree that there is no unadulterated goodness or inherently praiseworthy actions. But I also think freewill is as alive and limited as it ever was.
I can't agree that the brain's machinations are all for the sake of guessing what the body is going to do anyway. (Generally speaking, anything that sounds that absurd really is.) There is a dynamic interplay between that which is determined and that which is free, and neither of those things are absolute.
We are free to go up against our conditioning, thought it won't be easy and victory may be extremely dissatisfying. But of course we can't just throw it into cruise control and watch our body make its way through the world without our participation. Those who disagree are welcome to try it and report on the results.
