I used the word choice, but ‘free will’ do as well.
Was your response to my question biologically determined or was it a matter of conscious choice?
Whether there is going to be another response to this comment of mine or not, would it have been completely determined biologically or would it be a matter of conscious choice by some?
If all human actions are determined biologically the ‘choice’ is only an apparent one, like a tossed up coin having a ‘choice’ of turning up heads or tails. Whether someone is a determinist or not should itself have been determined biologically including all discussions of this nature!
It was an interesting read. I am a little confused about one aspect, though, that is determinist consequentialism.
From what I read, it appears a determinist consequentialist believes it is ‘biology all the way down’ meaning all actions are completely determined biologically. So where does choice enter the equation, including the optimising function for the choice, the consequences?
Or are there some things that are not biologically determined, like whether to approve someone else’s actions or not, while actions physically impacting others are themsleves completely determined biologically? It doesn’t appear to be the case, since the article states that even something like taste for music, not an action physically impacting the others, is completely determined biologically.