Re: Determinism

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    On 11 Apr 2001, at 14:14, Chris Taylor wrote:

    > joedees@bellsouth.net wrote:
    > >
    > > 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.
    >
    Yes, freedom and responsibility are inseparable; one cannot have
    either without the other.
    >
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