On 18 January 2014 17:38, Jason Resch <[email protected]> wrote: > What are your thoughts regarding > compatibilism<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibilism>? > Do you consider it a cop-out? > > It appears to say that "free will" is being able to act without interference from others, or words to that effect. This is a nice straightforward uncontentious definition that I can't see anyone objecting to, in itself.
Another uncontentious definition is "behaving unpredictably" which people do all the time. Indeed it's probably the fact we can't predict our own actions, never mind anyone else's (except within narrow margins) that gave rise to the notion of some mysterious metaphysical (indeed Biblical) notion called free will in the first place. When people start reading much more into it than the above, however, it becomes nonsense imho. "Free will is what God gave you so he could torture you if you break his commandments!" So thanks a bunch for that, God -- and I'm not too happy about this "guilt" thing, either. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
