Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy

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Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Martin Butler's Negative Philosophy
Dark Way Axiom - Number Six

Dark Way Axiom - Number Six

If you drop the notion of free will you necessarily drop notions of guilt, remorse, regret, shame, and responsibility.

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Dark Way Axiom - Number Six
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For many people, the notion we have no free will is perhaps the bitterest of all pills to swallow. It offends their sense of autonomy and belief that nothing and no one can dictate what they do. The understanding that we have no free will comes easy enough. The world we know operates strictly according to cause and effect. Every effect, such as a decisi…

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