Jinny
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- Sep 25, 2021
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Philosopher Galen Strawson claims that free will is impossible and that, in the end, luck swallows everything. His arguments for this are:
I strongly believe in luck. I tend to leave things to chance the majority of the time. But this does not mean that I simply sit back and do nothing. I make plans and decisions, but life is so unpredictable that I don't believe preparing helps me relax. I'm always expecting the unexpected.
Strawson's article on free will explains it better here: https://www.terapiacognitiva.eu/cpc/dwl/strawson/FreeWill.pdf
- You do what you do, in any given situation, because of the way you are.
- To be ultimately responsible for what you do, you have to be ultimately responsible for the way you are—at least in certain crucial mental respects.
- But you cannot be ultimately responsible for the way you are in any respect at all.
- So you cannot be ultimately responsible for what you do.
I strongly believe in luck. I tend to leave things to chance the majority of the time. But this does not mean that I simply sit back and do nothing. I make plans and decisions, but life is so unpredictable that I don't believe preparing helps me relax. I'm always expecting the unexpected.
Strawson's article on free will explains it better here: https://www.terapiacognitiva.eu/cpc/dwl/strawson/FreeWill.pdf