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#327 - Transformative Experiences

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Paradox of Responsibility

When we make choices, it's like we really can bring in something that's merely possible into actuality. I think if there's any sense in which you could have said something different, then you're capturing the sense of possibility that I want to endorse. There are real questions about like with physicalism and freedom of the will and stuff like that that I'm not addressing here. It seems strange to me that the more responsible you make an agent, the more they seem to get off the hook when their agency fails.

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