▲ 67 ▼ What's the best response to someone who believes in hard determinism but also uses this to deny responsibility for any immoral actions they commit? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by PlogLod@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments That is, they think all of their decisions were preordained, and then use this to claim that they can't be held responsible for anything they do.
[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why would we want to do that? Why believe things for which there is no rational basis? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago You can have a rational basis for a belief without empirical evidence (Russell's teapot, for example). The reason you'd want to do that is to simplify the model of reality you're working with in order to reduce the number of contingencies you need to account for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago You can have a rational basis for a belief without empirical evidence (Russell's teapot, for example). The reason you'd want to do that is to simplify the model of reality you're working with in order to reduce the number of contingencies you need to account for. permalink fedilink source parent