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I'm disappointed with how he brushes determinism aside. "If you don't have free will then you are not responsible for what you say." is supposed to imply "you a
by praptak 12y ago
I'm disappointed with how he brushes determinism aside. "If you don't have free will then you are not responsible for what you say." is supposed to imply "you aren't worth talking to"?
Pretty crappy given his declared respect for philosophical foundations.
- ivanca 12y agoYeah, pretty weak. Determinism means that the concept of "responsibility" is a social construct created by deterministic events, for example: if you kill someone you go to jail; such course of action was a reaction of your events. Accountability for what you say is just the reaction from saying it.