RE: Free will/evil/punishment
June 19, 2015 at 7:00 pm
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2015 at 7:03 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You know what...correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't seem to be establishing the existence of free will as an attribute or ability so much as opining upon the utility of free will as a concept. On this point (assuming the point) you and I are in complete agreement. The concept has obvious utility. I would, however, suggest that the sort of utility which we both appreciate in the concept is not unique to that concept, and that we could accomplish whatever it is that you think free will -as a concept- provides, while simultaneously leveraging a more robust justification for our actions. It may even be that a -more- useful and agreeable system can be designed -without- this idea of free will.
I probably could point to the problems that we run into, in grasping for this utility by leveraging the concept of free will.....but it's not like we don't (or couldn't) make specific considerations if and when those issues cropped up. After all, we already do.
I probably could point to the problems that we run into, in grasping for this utility by leveraging the concept of free will.....but it's not like we don't (or couldn't) make specific considerations if and when those issues cropped up. After all, we already do.
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