(September 30, 2013 at 4:46 am)bennyboy Wrote:(September 30, 2013 at 3:42 am)max-greece Wrote: But in a deterministic view he has no choice but to commit the crime and society has no choice but to punish him for it.Or maybe the deterministic society will deterministically arrive at the obvious conclusion that people can't be punished for crimes they could not have avoided committing.
The net effect of determinism/free will is nil.
Apparently only if they are bankers