[MD] Free Will

[david buchanan]

How does "causality" work in moral reasoning? Maybe we could say that about formal logic if we were using "causal" in a figurative way but to press such a notion so far as to save moral reasoning within a deterministic view seems to stretch things well beyond the breaking point. 

 
> Matt said:
> It was to say that if determinism is the thesis that we are caught up 
> in causal chains, then it is not destructive of moral reasoning because 
> moral reasoning is something that occurs partly _because_ of causal 
> chains.  Moral reasoning _needs_ causal chains.  And if that's the 
> case, why on earth would determinism destroy moral reasoning?
> 
> Steve said:
> That's basically what Dennett said in the interview Ham and Craig 
> referenced, and it's a great point.
> 
> Matt:
> That's good.  Being in agreement with Dennett, especially about 
> free will, is a gold standard for me.
>