It's no lie that there are two aspects of reality. While aiming to be good and just we have to cope with this imperfect world. Philosophers too are only men.BigMike wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 11:48 amAre you proposing that in order for people to survive, they must live a lie and that philosophers must promote the deception about free will?Belinda wrote: ↑Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:58 amWhat you describe, Iambiguous, is the God-eye view from omniscience. No man is omniscient nor can be.
Men have to live as if we have free will, as if we originate and must take responsibility for our actions. This for two reasons. Firstly, in order to stay alive a man must believe and philosophers must pretend that he has original voluntary control.Would you not agree that the main goal should be to stop people from doing bad things and that punishing them is more of a way to teach them than an end in itself? Or are you saying that punishment is the only way to get people to behave and be civil?Secondly, society must punish evil doers and criminals so that others are deterred. The upholders of society must believe, or if they are philosophers they must pretend, that people who are not children or mentally disabled have original voluntary control.
To stop people doing bad things it's safer to bet that human nature is inherently fearful and greedy, While religions try to instill faith in goodness and providence, most people experience quite the opposite.When it's possible to teach criminals and potential criminals to be courageous and loving then by all means do so. My bet is it's safer to deter Putin than to educate him