Determinism means that you were not the creator of the circumstances that led to the decision you made. So, in a sense, it does make it not really “your” decision.
It’s really hard to convincingly counter all possible objections in just a few lines. The above was meant to give an instance of a hypothetical list of “things rationalists believe and why”, not something that could replace an actual sequence . Obviously you one cannot hope to clear up all possible confusion in so short a post.
If I were to make a serious terse post about free will, I’m thinking I would at least have to take some time to try and dissolve the concepts of ‘identity’ and what it means to be ‘responsible’ first. This would still keep the information/effort ratio high by explaining multiple related concepts simultaneously. I’ve edited this in above to make it a little clearer, but there’s only so much space to work with...
Determinism means that you were not the creator of the circumstances that led to the decision you made. So, in a sense, it does make it not really “your” decision.
It’s really hard to convincingly counter all possible objections in just a few lines. The above was meant to give an instance of a hypothetical list of “things rationalists believe and why”, not something that could replace an actual sequence . Obviously you one cannot hope to clear up all possible confusion in so short a post.
If I were to make a serious terse post about free will, I’m thinking I would at least have to take some time to try and dissolve the concepts of ‘identity’ and what it means to be ‘responsible’ first. This would still keep the information/effort ratio high by explaining multiple related concepts simultaneously. I’ve edited this in above to make it a little clearer, but there’s only so much space to work with...