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sabrtoothlion t1_j0bjmq4 wrote

Reply to comment by Pinguanec in [Image] "I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung by Butterflies_Books

Not dictated, influenced. A child who got beat by their parents can be influenced by that to beat their own children or to never beat them at all

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Pinguanec t1_j0eb2em wrote

I would argue dictated. A child who got beat by their parents experienced a lot more than just the beating and all of those experiences together dictate what your decision is. You cannot just pick one and look at in a vacuum.

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sabrtoothlion t1_j0enepd wrote

Sounds like a bit of a cop-out to me. I believe in free will and personal responsibility

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Pinguanec t1_j0jd70x wrote

You can believe that but what is that free will you are speaking of? And what do you mean by personal responsibility?

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