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RE: "You Didn't Earn That", Part II

in #freewill9 years ago

"I think the answer is simple. If we abandon the idea of free will and instead accept the increasingly obvious alternative, then how do we justify "punishing" people when they screw up, and how do we justify "rewarding" the exceptional among us so lavishly? "
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I don't agree at all. Most desire to punish comes from an unfairness that happened before to us, more than from the behavior of person being punished.

Punishing is an excuse, I believe