[MD] Free Will

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Harris]
> the concept of free will is a non-  > starter, both philosophically and 
scientifically.> thoughts, moods, and desires of every sort >  >simply spring into view—and move us, 
or fail to > move us, for reasons that are, from a subjective > point of view, 
perfectly inscrutable.

Suppose I find a wallet with ID.  I might keep it.  That in the past I returned it to its owner, does
not show I have free will, for those were different
circumstances. But as I deliberate, I feel guilty & decide to return the wallet.  Then I rationalize: the owner was careless, why should I do them any
favors?
These thoughts are not inscrutable.
More importantly, there is no reason to suppose
that my decision is fore-ordained before I
go thru the actual deliberation.
Harris has not shown why this doesn't give free
will a foothold.
Craig

 
 


 

 


 

 
Craig