----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: Ethics, free will L3
> "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >Oh, I don't think free will can be proven metaphysically. I'm just
saying
> >that without free will, ethical discussions are pointless. People will
do
> >what they are forced to do, and that's about it.
>
> Except that these very ethical discussions are input to the next step of
the
> deterministic algorithm. Without them the result will be different.
>
> Joshua
>
That's true. So, ethics are as meaningful and as influential as astrology,
hows that?
Dan M.
