> Free will is obviously an extremely important subject since its the assumption behind most of our moral and legal system. This statement can be argued. It se

> Free will is obviously an extremely important subject since its the assumption behind most of our moral and legal system. This statement can be argued. It seems sufficient to rationalize the current state of the legal system using principles that do not require free will. For example, we may consider it a systematic form of distribution to satisfy an instinctive need for vengeance and retribution, or for deterrence from acts that deprive us from our instinctive need to feel happy and safe. From this perspective, it seems like the legal system is perfectly tailored for a rational agent maximizing for these instinctive needs. On the contrary, it seems like a person having Schoenpauerian free will would do poorly by such a system, since a person with such free will wouldn't really care about satisfying their own need for vengeance or retribution, and should they find themselves on the wrong side of the law, would probably welcome their suffering as a demonstration of their freedom of will.