If free will is an illusion, then why do we hold people responsible

People are hard-wired to act in our own self-interest, so knowing that crimes are punished makes people less likely to commit them

>>38958322
If free will is an illusion, then won't the punishment just happen anyway since it's ingrained into the people doing the punishing? They can't stop themselves from doing it.

>>38958322
Free will is not an illusion

>>38958356
and beyond this, if every decision is the result of the person you were in that moment, even if making the choice opposite of the one you made is impossible, you're still at least partially responsible for becoming the person you were when you made the decision to commit a crime

>>38958322
>If free will is an illusion, then why do we hold people responsible for their crimes?
because of the illusion of free will

>>38958373
it is. every decision you've ever made is entirely because of the person you were in the moment you made that decision. making a different choice would require being a different person entirely, hence why free will is an illusion; you don't actually have the ability to choose between two options, as you're always going to be destined to choose one over the other even before even being offered either choice because of the person you are, who is inevitably going to be biased towards certain outcomes over others.

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>>38958421
>mfw when destined to waste away on R9K
Truly, the game was stacked against me from the start.

>>38958322
>muh determinism
The ultimate robot argument. "It's not my fault that I am the way I am, IT WAS DESTINY!!11" I'm surprised I haven't seen it used more often, more robots used to parrot that shit a while ago.

>>38958542
What evidence do you have that free will exists?

>>38958322
If free will is an illusion, then we can't stop ourselves from holding people responsible for their crimes.

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>>38958322
If Asuka is best girl, why do Reifans exist?