Posted by jojo on November 8, 2001, at 10:42:00
In reply to Re: Depression and Free Will, posted by Cam W. on November 8, 2001, at 0:53:02
> > Has anyone found that the experience of incapacitating depression has changed their outlook regarding Free Will and Determinism?
>
> Jojo - Since everything we do is based on what we have done and in the past, and that is based on what our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, (ad nauseum) did, do any of us really have free will? This is regardless of any psychological or physical state. I'm still "damned if I do: or "damned if I don't". - CamCam-
No, I don't believe that any of us have Free Will. I think the feeling of having it is added on
after the "choice" is determined, and this feeling is probably healthy, and keeps us from feeling helpless."This is regardless of any psychological or physical state. I'm still "damned if I do: or "damned if I don't". - Cam
I don't see this as regardless of any psychological or physical state. This IS your psychological and physical state, which also includes your neurological condition, determined by previous events, and external conditions effecting you. Your not damned
either way. You can only do the best that you can do.
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