I don't really know enough (at all) on the subject to know whether the word is indeterministic or deterministic - but it sounds very plausible to me when you mention Quantum Mechanics because - the whole quantum thing is all about a random - undetermined element right? Or have I said something not quite right there since I'm not exactly an expert on the subject!
IF the world was deterministic, hypothetically speaking - I understand that all the bad people HAD to be bad and all the good people HAD to be good.
But if this world - once again, hypothetically speaking - is deterministic even if I have no choice in who I am and neither do others - that would not prevent empathy for me - which is very crucial in morality I believe. I would still feel for people when they suffer and just, well, feel for people generally. As I do now.
Why wouldn't I?
E.G: If, for example, I was determined to do something really really bad - even if I thought and believed that it was determined - I'd really hope I'd still regret it and feel guilty (despite the fact I was capable of doing such a bad thing in the first place) - because even if I couldn't help it, even if I was not to blame - that wouldn't (or shouldn't at least) matter as much as the fact that I did such a bad thing; I should feel more sorry for the victim(s) of a horrible act on my part, than for myself, even if I would also feel sorry for myself for not being able to help it just because, hypothetically speaking, my action(s) was(were) determined.
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IF the world was deterministic, hypothetically speaking - I understand that all the bad people HAD to be bad and all the good people HAD to be good.
But if this world - once again, hypothetically speaking - is deterministic even if I have no choice in who I am and neither do others - that would not prevent empathy for me - which is very crucial in morality I believe. I would still feel for people when they suffer and just, well, feel for people generally. As I do now.
Why wouldn't I?
E.G: If, for example, I was determined to do something really really bad - even if I thought and believed that it was determined - I'd really hope I'd still regret it and feel guilty (despite the fact I was capable of doing such a bad thing in the first place) - because even if I couldn't help it, even if I was not to blame - that wouldn't (or shouldn't at least) matter as much as the fact that I did such a bad thing; I should feel more sorry for the victim(s) of a horrible act on my part, than for myself, even if I would also feel sorry for myself for not being able to help it just because, hypothetically speaking, my action(s) was(were) determined.
Evf
