I find the concept of free will cumbersome and problem inducing in discussing ethics. People hide behind it, people name it and don’t discuss it, I probably shouldn’t have called it a fallacy, I’m just frustrated people namedrop it yet be completely unable to define what precisely it adds to the discussion or why it helps (I’m not talking about LW posters).
The legal meaning of free will seems better covered by the phrase “of sound mind”.
Free will is an illusion
It seems I was holding the idiot ball when writing the phrase. I’m stealing this.
I find the concept of free will cumbersome and problem inducing in discussing ethics. People hide behind it, people name it and don’t discuss it, I probably shouldn’t have called it a fallacy, I’m just frustrated people namedrop it yet be completely unable to define what precisely it adds to the discussion or why it helps (I’m not talking about LW posters).
The legal meaning of free will seems better covered by the phrase “of sound mind”.
It seems I was holding the idiot ball when writing the phrase. I’m stealing this.