[ExI] free-will, determinism, crime and punishment

[Damien Broderick]

At 08:15 PM 8/21/2007 -0700, Lee wrote:

>I suppose that you find implausible the old scene in the movies where
>one gangster says to the other, "Don't kill him!  We could fry!"
>
>(which, FWIW, is one good reason to bring back "The Chair")

That might happen. So might this:

one gangster says to the other, "Kill him!  He's the only witness. We 
could get jammed up for 15 years, no parole!"

(which, FWIW, is one good reason not to bring back "The Chair")

Is there any empirical data to distinguish the two cases?

Damien Broderick