That is true that morality is not the only factor. I already mentioned your decision is predictable unless you make a free decision since you are inclined toward one option more for whatever reason whether it is morality, preference, taste, etc.LuckyR wrote: ↑February 13th, 2023, 6:38 pmNot true. Morality is only one of numerous possible decision making factors. Thus decisions are NOT predictable (even if the moral code of the person is known).Bahman wrote: ↑February 13th, 2023, 12:13 pmI didn't mean that a human being is a deterministic entity when I used the word determined. Your decision however can be predicted unless you make a free decision since each person is inclined toward an option more than another one for whatever reason whether it is morality, preference, taste, etc.GE Morton wrote: ↑February 13th, 2023, 11:32 amThat is not the common understanding of determinism, which means being determined by factors outside your control.Bahman wrote: ↑February 13th, 2023, 11:20 am
This is an interesting topic. Free will by definition is the ability to choose between at least two actions unimpeded. Morality is about the rightness or wrongness of an action. Well, you are determined if you follow morality in a situation yet you are still free. So there is no relation between morality and free will.
That is true that you are free to adopt any form of morality but you decide according to the form of morality you accepted afterward.
Free Will: What Does it Mean and Signify for Moral Responsibility?
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