Free Will: Determinism, Compatibilism, and Philosophy of Mind
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Is There a Difference Between a Kid and an Adult?
There doesn't seem to be a difference in consciousness per se between a kid and an adult. But there seems to be a different they are regarding their ability to maybe deliberate or exercise their freedom. It's hard to say, isit? When you say a kid, you're probably thinki five year old. What about a three months old? I would say yes. Maybe kids have less consciousness. The way we don't hold them to a moral responsibility as much is because they don't have an understanding of the world. And again, science is so i can't touch the field of consciousness so much that we can't like, measure it. So we have no way of like,
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