Re: Free Will
Reply #1 –
Oops! You didn't give a link… (That's okay: I have a computer, and -sorta- Google is my friend!)
I'm familiar with Harris, and his views. But -if I can get the book for free- I'll read it. (I do, however, wonder if you'd really want my opinion… )
(Later: Gotta go search…)
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All I found is a link to an audio book, and this review
which I haven't read, yet.
But -ala Sanguinemoon- I'd say: I'm not asking you to prove a negative! (Actually, I sorta am…) What replaces the concept of personal responsibility, once Free Will is verboten? (I.e, un-thinkable…)
(I've read a bit into that review… Not favorable, is it? But also not very good.)
If there is no such thing as Free Will, what constrains those who practice Might Makes Right!?
And do you prefer or accept this utter lack?
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Okay. I've read some more… Perhaps, the reviewer has something to say.
I still ask: What had Harris to say…? (Take his "theory" at face-value, nothing — he was merely an automaton, a "creature" manipulated by — Hm. By what? ) Is it likely or possible that he just prefers a society where some perverse behaviors aren't considered wrong?
Yeah, I think that's it: His feelings matter; yours (or mine) don't… Else, how does he make his case? Indeed, if there's no such thing as free will, he doesn't have a case; he only has a struggle for dominance.
(He lost: died, you know — before winning the argument! But look on the bright side: He's gone, good and gone, dissolved and turned to dust…)
(I'll try to find a text version. Do you know of a choral edition? )