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Typical BS vendor. I will guarantee that Mr. Stephen Fry does not live his life as if he has no free will, in which case he is just another fraud promoting idea
by tharne 5y ago
Typical BS vendor. I will guarantee that Mr. Stephen Fry does not live his life as if he has no free will, in which case he is just another fraud promoting ideas that he himself does not believe to be true.
- netizen-936824 5y agoAnd what does it mean to 'live as if one does not have free will'?
- tharne 5y agoIf one did not believe in free will, one would not believe in rewarding or punishing people, including criminals. It is not fair, reasonable, or productive to reward or punish people if their decisions are the result of some mechanistic process, rather than a decision that they made born of free will. That would be like punishing the weather for a tornado. My guess though, is that Mr. Stephen Fry does not believe that we should let serial rapists go unpunished or just open up all our prisons. If he believed his own words, these are exactly the kinds of things he would advocate for, since morality can only exist in a world with free will.