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by imakesnowflakes
3969 days ago
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> The absence of free will forces us to stop judging people.. Why would that be? If A harms B, then your argument is that B has no right to retaliate it, because, that A should harm B was inevitable, and was totally out of the control of A. But my argument is that just like A's harming B was inevitable, so is B's judgement of A and the further retaliation in response to the A's action..Inevitable. In other words, the world should just go on as it is, even in the total absence of free will. What is important, I think, like many other things, is the 'appearance' of having free will. Because without that, all life looses it's meaning. |
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Yes and no. Yes, because no judgment allowed means no punishment allowed. But: the correct answer to A's action would be a sanction against A, in the sense that it would prevent A from harming again in the future. The wrong answers are: judgment, retaliation, punishment, revenge.
> In other words, the world should just go on as it is
It will. And it's also exactly what's happening here.
> What is important, I think, like many other things, is the 'appearance' of having free will. Because without that, all life looses it's meaning.
Not to worry, we'll always have this appearance, because causes and effects work on every macro and micro level. No system of sensors will ever be able to measure all variable, no model will ever be able to include all variables and no computer will ever be powerful enough to model everything. So, the magic remains.