(April 26, 2015 at 9:10 pm)Dystopia Wrote: It's basically the "is there free will?" and thus "can people really choose?"That. Also I was aiming to make implicit the compatibilist view being held since I doubt he was assuming contra-causal free will. The compatibilist view is just a semantic shell game, yes I know that's harsh words. Free will as choice without coercion is empty and useless concept since even a mentally ill person is free but we don't play the blame game with them.
Honestly as you may have noticed I just arrived home and I'm really tired so I'm not going to type a long rant on what I think about the subject while I'm sleepy - I'll do it tomorrow (it's a promise!).
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