Thought is directly correlated to processes within our brain.
Thought is a product of the brain.
As smell is to one’s nose, as sound is to one’s ears, as taste is to one’s tongue, as sight is to one’s eyes.
Thought is not some mystical thing detached from reality. It’s the product of a chemical process within our brain.
The certain factors aren’t specified.
I believe a certain factor that restricts one’s will is the past, which one had no control over.
As you say further in your post, the past determines the present, thus, the past completely restricts the present.
This is sufficient reason to reject the idea that our will has any degree of freedom.
Our will is completely constrained, but we’ll still call it ‘free will’?
That doesn’t make sense.
We’ll hold people accountable for a will that is completely determined by factors beyond their control?
Are you listening to yourself?
A determined universe is different than God.
A determined universe isn’t said to love man, isn’t said to have any interest in man, isn’t said to have any intent, isn’t said to be sentient, isn’t said to be benevolent, isn’t said to be watching everything we do, isn’t said to be judging us.
A determined universe doesn’t command that we do not murder, that we do not steal, that we’re not allowed to believe in anything else.
You’re the one saying it’s God, but that’s your mistake.
The situation, as you describe it, is responsible.
The composition of all factors that contributed to an outcome, is responsible.
An individual isn’t the composition of all factors that contribute to any result, thus, the individual should never be held solely responsible.
Even within the system that is the individual’s body, there are many different factors that compose the reason for any act. Yet, not all elements that compose the individual contribute equally to any given result. Thus, to retaliate against the entirety of an individual, is a crude means of resolution.
A man has a tumor in his brain. The tumor led the man to commit a crime. The tumor is the main culprit, not the the man in his entirety. Respond to the tumor.
A man is raised to be racist. Racism led a man to enslave another man. The racism is the culprit, not the man in his entirety. Respond the the racism.
These are very simplified scenarios, but I’m trying to make a point. That is, respond directly to the source, whilst doing as little harm as possible.
To villainize, to accuse of being ‘evil’. That isn’t a real solution. That’s ignorance.
Why do you want to perpetuate ignorance?
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You imply that determinism is a crutch, just people who don’t want to accept responsibility.
This is bullshit.
I’ve done more things in my life that I have to be proud of, than I have of things that ever caused me shame. My existence has been a net positive, I’m well in the green. Beyond that, I face all my mistakes, learn from them, and set them right.
I believe free will to be false and determinism to be the truth, and if those beliefs are true, there are serious implications that ought be considered and responded to.
Determinism humbles me. Anything positive I have done, is simply a product of the past, which I did not cause.