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Originally Posted by Libertine
One's own volition is created by genes and environment, and behaves accordingly.
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I don't think this has any merit at all.
If we don't accept that one's own volition is outside, before, and above, any genetic or environmental consideration, then there's no need for freedom, there's no need for the first, second, or any further ammendments, there's in fact no need for civil liberties at all.
And people are no longer people, but machines, robots, running better or worse code, in better or worse environments.
I can't prove this isn't the case, and quite frankly I don't even care if it is or not. I'll happily die with the counterthesis around my neck before I'll even consider this.