Human nature

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Other. Human behavior is determined by a combination of genetic predispositions, socialization processes, and (to a limited extent) "free will".

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The third option is the only option compatible with human freedom and dignity.

How would a person ever choose what they want to be?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The third option is the only option compatible with human freedom and dignity.

How would a person ever choose what they want to be?

People choose who they are constantly. All life is a choice.

People make what we call "choices" based on a set of predispositions, circumstances, and values systems. Most decisions arrived at are thusly the result of preexisting factors or absurd chance. As such, I would say it's very inappropriate to claim people simply choose to behave certain ways. "Free will" is a hedonistic fantasy.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

The third option is the only option compatible with human freedom and dignity.

How would a person ever choose what they want to be?

People choose who they are constantly. All life is a choice.

People make what we call "choices" based on a set of predispositions, circumstances, and values systems. Most decisions arrived at are thusly the result of preexisting factors or absurd chance. As such, I would say it's very inappropriate to claim people simply choose to behave certain ways. "Free will" is a hedonistic fantasy.

I'm simply not interested in your opinion on the subject. Sorry.

Then what are your interests? Perhaps I could play more to those instead.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I am unsure where I indicated that I hate freedom, but that is no reason to hate your fellow man!

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

If we took determinism seriously, individuals would act and society would be organized in a way that would strike everybody as nonsensical and immoral.

Exactly. If free will were to exist, people would act far more logically and in a more similar fashion.