A discussion of millenarian groups might be in order. Communism might be the first secular one. These causes motivate followers to sacrifice for them while teaching the inevitability of their success. The supposed surety of success makes the followers feel their efforts are not wasted, but the supposed inevitability of it does not demotivate them—that’s the interesting part.
I think this usually coexists with traditional, dualist views of free will, but am not sure.
A discussion of millenarian groups might be in order. Communism might be the first secular one. These causes motivate followers to sacrifice for them while teaching the inevitability of their success. The supposed surety of success makes the followers feel their efforts are not wasted, but the supposed inevitability of it does not demotivate them—that’s the interesting part.
I think this usually coexists with traditional, dualist views of free will, but am not sure.