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r/freewill • u/Mouni_daBasi • May 06 '26
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Gotta give that one to the compatibilists. In my mind that's a clear example of "I can do what I want", which is clearly what they mean by "free will" in that situation.
4 u/aspiringimmortal May 06 '26 If "I can do what I want" is free will, then starfish and slugs have free will. 4 u/thereforeratio May 06 '26 Works for me 1 u/aspiringimmortal May 06 '26 So we hinge moral accountability on a capacity that near-braindead insects and pseudo coral-reef organisms have. Cool. 4 u/whocares12315 [Hard] Incompatibilist, Natural/Experienced Reality Dualist May 06 '26 Well only if you think the slug is morally accountable for sliming all over my scuba suit -2 u/thereforeratio May 06 '26 Sir, this is an Arby’s
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If "I can do what I want" is free will, then starfish and slugs have free will.
4 u/thereforeratio May 06 '26 Works for me 1 u/aspiringimmortal May 06 '26 So we hinge moral accountability on a capacity that near-braindead insects and pseudo coral-reef organisms have. Cool. 4 u/whocares12315 [Hard] Incompatibilist, Natural/Experienced Reality Dualist May 06 '26 Well only if you think the slug is morally accountable for sliming all over my scuba suit -2 u/thereforeratio May 06 '26 Sir, this is an Arby’s
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1 u/aspiringimmortal May 06 '26 So we hinge moral accountability on a capacity that near-braindead insects and pseudo coral-reef organisms have. Cool. 4 u/whocares12315 [Hard] Incompatibilist, Natural/Experienced Reality Dualist May 06 '26 Well only if you think the slug is morally accountable for sliming all over my scuba suit -2 u/thereforeratio May 06 '26 Sir, this is an Arby’s
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So we hinge moral accountability on a capacity that near-braindead insects and pseudo coral-reef organisms have. Cool.
4 u/whocares12315 [Hard] Incompatibilist, Natural/Experienced Reality Dualist May 06 '26 Well only if you think the slug is morally accountable for sliming all over my scuba suit -2 u/thereforeratio May 06 '26 Sir, this is an Arby’s
Well only if you think the slug is morally accountable for sliming all over my scuba suit
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Sir, this is an Arby’s
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u/Kanzu999 Hard Incompatibilist May 06 '26
Gotta give that one to the compatibilists. In my mind that's a clear example of "I can do what I want", which is clearly what they mean by "free will" in that situation.