it's wholly and completely predictable Predictabilty hasn't anything to do with freedom either. it should then follow that a perfect computer model of someone

it's wholly and completely predictable Predictabilty hasn't anything to do with freedom either. it should then follow that a perfect computer model of someone's brain would make the exact same decisions as that person So what? In other words, we don't actually make any decisions for ourselves. It's all determined by chemistry. Nonsense. We are the chemistry, we are our brains. Are we "determined" by ourselves? the fact they shot their wife was actually nothing they could have had any control over, and it's very unfair to lock them away for 30 years That comes from the ancient and barbaric conception of penal justice as retribution. Punishment is a disincentive and the very right thing to do to prevent crime. Edit: also that's again the faked duality. "...nothing they could have any control over" as if the subject is a pure soul completely apart from the universe and its forces. The subject is part of the universe, exactly the part of the universe that could have any control over killing or not killing. We put that part of the universe behind bars to prevent it from killing again and sending a message to other parts of the universe that could feel tempted to do the same. Also, in theory, to try to modify that part of the universe so it wont kill again.