I'm less concerned with the actual question of free will -- much less -- than I am with the consequences of it.
Put simply, the consequences of not having free will is that every crime is justified, every bad choice is excused. There will be no victims, no guilty persons.
Likewise, nobody can aspire to greatness. There is no great human endeavor, no effort above what could be expected of any warm body put in the same place at the same time under the same conditions.
I have few beliefs, in the more religious sense of the word. But, I do believe that the moment that you destroy free will, you will destroy what's left of the potential of the human condition.
So, I've concluded that the actuality of free will is one of the few things that I'm not curious about at all. The idea of free will is what's important.
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Put simply, the consequences of not having free will is that every crime is justified, every bad choice is excused. There will be no victims, no guilty persons.
Likewise, nobody can aspire to greatness. There is no great human endeavor, no effort above what could be expected of any warm body put in the same place at the same time under the same conditions.
I have few beliefs, in the more religious sense of the word. But, I do believe that the moment that you destroy free will, you will destroy what's left of the potential of the human condition.
So, I've concluded that the actuality of free will is one of the few things that I'm not curious about at all. The idea of free will is what's important.