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> So, do you act morally when you're sure you're not gonna get caught? Do you try to do the right thing for others? For your kids? Why, since "morality doesn't
by nkrisc 7y ago
> So, do you act morally when you're sure you're not gonna get caught? Do you try to do the right thing for others? For your kids? Why, since "morality doesn't exist"?
Yes. Because I have free will and chose to. In my experience, one's religious beliefs have no bearing on whether they act morally or not.
- averros 7y agoThe very statement that you have free will is, in fact, religious. It is a part of Catholic Church dogma since 4th century. There is no scientific basis to claim that free will exists (the free will theorem has some assumptions which may or may not be factual).
- jkrie9 7y agoI don’t really think this rises to the level of free will arguments. Your limbic system acts as a passive filter to the cortexes fact retrieval capability’s, constraining available options for applying your agency. It’s not appropriate to behave like a violent tyrant in a grocery store so your emotional systems won’t flare up. The whole concept of free will in a world where we know there’s no sky wizard feeding us motives & a well defined biological system of constraints on us seems like an antiquated notion.
- coldtea 7y agoFor one, science doesn't really bode well for "free will". Free will presupposes a soul or some way for non-determinism to enter into the world. Second, this "free will" choice is either random (so could go either way), or determined on some previous shaping of your character. In other words on a morality (didn't have to happen through specifical moral education, e.g. church lessons, could just be through example by your parent behavior etc. But it's still a morality).