[ExI] Compatibilism or symbiosis? re: Free Will vs. Determinism

citta437 at aol.com citta437 at aol.com
Thu Mar 13 21:31:28 UTC 2008


"From Stanford dictionary:
"Compatibilism offers a solution to the free will problem. This 
philosophical problem concerns a disputed incompatibility between free 
will and determinism. Compatibilism is the thesis that free will is 
compatible with determinism. Because free will is taken to be a 
necessary condition of moral responsibility, compatibilism is sometimes 
expressed in terms of a compatibility between moral responsibility and 
determinism."
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Morality is relative, just another man made concept. In nature, there 
is symbiosis seen as a compatible process between some microorganisms 
in the organic world or electrochemical interactions in the quantum 
world. The behavior of the mind depends on both or either of the two 
world processes {genes and environment}. There is no such thing as 
"Free Will" between electrons and neurons in the brain.

Going with the above definition, humans invented thoughts of free will 
which is a condition necessary for moral responsibility but morality 
cannot be found or owned.

Terry {Secular humanist/atheist}




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