The most eloquent proponent of determinism and the impossibility of free will is the hard-core atheist Sam Harris. And, as he and many others have argued well, determinism does not mean that there is no point in fixing bad people, including ourselves. Quite the opposite. People, like all systems, they would say, respond deterministically…
The most eloquent proponent of determinism and the impossibility of free will is the hard-core atheist Sam Harris. And, as he and many others have argued well, determinism does not mean that there is no point in fixing bad people, including ourselves. Quite the opposite. People, like all systems, they would say, respond deterministically to their inputs. We need to give them the right inputs to get them to respond less hostilely, more generously, etc.
The most eloquent proponent of determinism and the impossibility of free will is the hard-core atheist Sam Harris. And, as he and many others have argued well, determinism does not mean that there is no point in fixing bad people, including ourselves. Quite the opposite. People, like all systems, they would say, respond deterministically to their inputs. We need to give them the right inputs to get them to respond less hostilely, more generously, etc.