tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post2996043445710790212..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: you don't have free willKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-41572073203524367562012-04-01T00:24:02.833+09:002012-04-01T00:24:02.833+09:00Bumper sticker seen last year: "You have no c...Bumper sticker seen last year: "You have no choice but to believe in Free Will"David Westerhttp://mutzu501atgmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-47720946786423314942012-03-30T04:27:47.542+09:002012-03-30T04:27:47.542+09:00Harris seems to think there's a way out of thi...Harris seems to think there's a way out of this dilemma, but I'm still not sure I've understood him, which is one reason why I plan to watch the vid again. He does, in fact, address the notion of a hypothetical "fix" for problems-- the so-called pill that "cures" evil-- but he's at pains to discuss the unsettling implications of designing such a pill, which would be crafted according to <i>certain people's notions</i> of what counts as evil.<br /><br />Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange," based on Anthony Burgess's novel, deals with this very issue.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-33284893432477012312012-03-30T03:59:58.270+09:002012-03-30T03:59:58.270+09:00If there is no free will, there's no moral res...If there is no free will, there's no moral responsibility, for that only has meaning if one could have done otherwise.<br /><br />We would need a new vocabulary to discuss persons as malfunctioning machines that can either be fixed or not. If they can be fixed, then fix them. If not, then disassemble them so that their malfunction does not affect properly functioning machines.<br /><br />Jeffery Hodges<br /><br />* * *Horace Jeffery Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684513618463766017noreply@blogger.com