I do not use the phrase ‘free will’ except to attack it. And I do not attack ‘free will’ without at the same time attacking ‘determinism’ and the outdated fight between them. They are both useless and flawed. When others use the word, I assume they mean a mental process that is non-material and that they therefore still have a dualist ghost in their thinking.
Freewill is an illusion only if you believe in it. If you don’t believe in free will (and don’t believe in determinism) then you just make decisions.
Why lie to others or yourself? The important thing is how to learn to make good decisions (‘mind maintenance’ I call it). It is difficult to do this if you still believe in the freewill-vs-determinism idea.
I do not use the phrase ‘free will’ except to attack it. And I do not attack ‘free will’ without at the same time attacking ‘determinism’ and the outdated fight between them. They are both useless and flawed. When others use the word, I assume they mean a mental process that is non-material and that they therefore still have a dualist ghost in their thinking.
Freewill is an illusion only if you believe in it. If you don’t believe in free will (and don’t believe in determinism) then you just make decisions.
Why lie to others or yourself? The important thing is how to learn to make good decisions (‘mind maintenance’ I call it). It is difficult to do this if you still believe in the freewill-vs-determinism idea.