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No soul? No free will and no responsibility then, yet the latter's essential...
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RE: No soul? No free will and no responsibility then, yet the latter's essential...
OK so my sleep was plagued by nightmares of me leading humanity over a cliff edge, because of concerns over this free will issue I think. Narcissistic delusions of grandeur not withstanding, I found a solution (I think) to the problem this morning:

Put your ethics and morals in charge, that's the true you, the CEO. That ethical, moral, principled bit is the real you and is responsible for your actions. I (the real me) can change but must always be held to account and is always responsible for my actions. The retort “but you're not responsible for your morals, ethics and principles” fails because I AM my morals, ethics and principles, according to my definition.

Not being yourself is THE fundamental fail – "always be yourself" is a well known phrase, and jibes most pleasingly with this approach. Encouraging.
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RE: No soul? No free will and no responsibility then, yet the latter's essential... - by Duty - August 21, 2020 at 4:48 am

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