Re: Determinism

From: Chris Taylor (Christopher.Taylor@man.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2001 - 14:14:45 BST

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    joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
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    > On 11 Apr 2001, at 1:21, TJ Olney wrote:
    >
    > > .... and the sufi mystics say "Freedom is the abscence of choice."
    > >
    > And thus choice would be the absence of freedom, ayy? Beam me
    > up, George (Orwell), you were right; there's no nonselfcontradictory
    > intelligence on this mudball!

    Maybe they meant freedom from responsibility (and the attendant
    potential for pain/guilt etc.)? Like the 'My genes dun made me do it'
    nonsense.

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