Harris and Dennett on free will (Introduction)

by romansh , Thursday, March 13, 2014, 01:24 (3702 days ago) @ David Turell

But unicorn is a physical proposal, so of course you would look there. Like the teapot orbiting the sun. But a non-physical concept is still a concept. Where do you look for it?
This implies things like consciousness, will and self are not physical. All three certainly respond in a cause and effect manner. So I would examine the physical world to find these supposedly immaterial concepts. -Until you can show me some evidence that these are not physical I will consider mine a reasonalable assumption to hold.-> You have described two different reasons for the rules of society, one secular society, one religious society? Aren't both the same?
Yes they are both societal ... but one might be based on a fear of god or the society itself ... the other could be based on reason and desire. -> I don't know it is a religious morality that supplies what is morally correct, so we probably agree here. But inherently we seem to have understood how to get along with one another. I don't know that evolution is capable of implanting that kind of right and wrong instinct into us. it may be a simple practical adjustment-I am not sure here either ... but experiments where babies watching coloured blocks on a TV screen come to mind as do surveys about pushing people off bridges to stop runaway trains.