A Sense of Free Will: the consciousness quagmire (Introduction)

by romansh , Monday, September 07, 2015, 23:56 (3153 days ago) @ dhw

Lets forget about free will and its definitions for the moment.
> On the cause and effect level, I do not have free will. That is agreed. On a different level (what I called the instinctive as opposed to the intellectual), one can argue that although my self is composed of factors beyond my control (“chemical, hereditary, environmental, educational etc.”-What are the ramifications for you and society in general, that result from every atom every fundamental particle, scrap of energy moving/reacting/interacting/whatever as a result of cause and effect?-Now for me it does not mean the unfolding of the universe is necessarily ordained or the patterns that form are destined; but it does mean they are determined. -What are the consequences here dhw?-I'm on the road again ... so my presence may be erratic