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leconten t1_jd6m6d9 wrote

Reply to comment by cope413 in In-depth interview with Gregg Caruso, free-will skeptic by fatsosis

Exactly how we did up until now. When I was young I was much obsessed with the questions around free will, but then I came to ask myself "ok then?". Why should I care if I have "free will" or not? It's not like I can let go of myself, and suiciding is pretty idiotic as an answer. Furthermore, as a society we surely cannot leave murderers or thieves around after giving a negative answer to the question of free will. We should still build our society (as we've always done) incentivizing certain behaviours and unincentivizing certain others. So, in the end, I decided this was the most pointless question that philosophy ever engaged with.

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HugoJP t1_jd76ei9 wrote

>Exactly how we did up until now.

I think this is right. Because regardless of free will existing, consequences do exist.

So regardless of taking an action with free will existing or not in the back of your mind, the consequence will be the same and therefore there is no difference.

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