Why Choice is Not an Illusion | Raymond Tallis
Philosophy For Our Times
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The Laws of Nature Are Unbreakable
For some, the fact that the laws of nature are unbreakable proves we cannot have free will. And yet, it cannot be denied that we use our knowledge of the laws ofnature to extend our power. We can fly at five at forty thousand feet, at 500 miles of power and blow up entire cities. These are real achievements, for good or ill. In the real world, humans are armed with science. Have become so powerful that the present epoch has been called the antroposine. Though there's no doubt that as agents, far from being passively driven by the laws of Nature, we are able to use those law to serve our ends.
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