Quote from: xSilverPhinx on December 12, 2012, 12:55:58 PM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on December 12, 2012, 01:22:54 AM
Even if people have no free will, they can still be held accountable for their actions. This serves at least two purposes: 1) it may reform them (against their "will"); or 2) at least it keeps them from hurting others.
Quote from: En_Route on December 12, 2012, 11:43:37 AM
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on December 12, 2012, 01:22:54 AM
Even if people have no free will, they can still be held accountable for their actions. This serves at least two purposes: 1) it may reform them (against their "will"); or 2) at least it keeps them from hurting others.
I think this is precisely the point.
Necessary I guess, but at the deepest underlying level probably more unfair than fair, especially if you are merely a conscious observer of events.
We are not built of course to serve the cause of abstract human constructs such as justice or fairness.