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That raises interesting questions -- how much free will does an addict have? Are those who exploit an addiction for profit complicit in that addiction?
by eyeinthepyramid 9y ago
That raises interesting questions -- how much free will does an addict have? Are those who exploit an addiction for profit complicit in that addiction?
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago>Are those who exploit an addiction for profit complicit in that addiction? When it comes to drug law, precedent would show that they are far more culpable than the user/addict.
- Jach 9y agoBehind every addict there's usually an enabler in some form. Sometimes there's a nasty feedback loop. Of course that doesn't negate human agency or its importance, however it makes for a convenient excuse. Agency seems unevenly distributed, but it also seems to vary within a single individual depending on what sorts of things they face and what excuses they have to avoid exercising it. Humans have a wide range of adaptations. In the modern world where even the very poor can live better than the wealthiest in olden times, exercising much agency isn't that important.