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View Poll Results: Could you forgive someone who shot you? | |||
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6 | 35.29% |
No |
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2 | 11.76% |
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2 | 11.76% |
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7 | 41.18% |
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I Floop the Pig
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This brings to mind a provocative view of free will I've recently read and have mulled over. The picture goes something like this:
A: I have free will because I can choose to do anything I want to do. B: But, you see, in your very own definition of free will, you have leveled a restriction. A: How so? B: You said, 'I can choose what I want to do.' Let me ask you this, my good friend. Could you choose to kill me right now? A: Certainly. I am stronger than you, I could easily imagine killing you, either with my hands or with a weapon. B: Ah, but that's not what I asked. I didn't ask if it were physically possible, I asked, could you choose to kill me? A: Hmm, that does seem a stickier wicket. B: Isn't "anything I want" a convenient little delusional phrase? Clearly your will is NOT as free as you think. You are limited to "choosing" only that which "you" will allow yourself to "choose".
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