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Praise and Blame in World D
In World D, a world in which people recognize that they do not have
free will, it is still possible to maintain a system of praise and
blame. The implicit assumption is that praise and blame effect actions
such that a person praised for an action is more likely to repeat the
action while a person blamed for an action is less likely to commit the
same action again. Such a system, although possible, would look
different from the system which exists in the actual world because the
actual system is partially based on the notion that people do have a
sense of free will. Furthermore, although it is logically possible to
have such a system, establishing one in reality would require knowledge
of the inner workings of human psychology which is difficult to compile.
Before we can discuss the notion of praise and blame that would be
possible in World D, it is necessary to describe what such a world would
look like and how people in such a world would feel.
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Praise & Blame
Change your camera angles easily! See the world in...First, it is useful
to examine the feelings of incompatiblist determinists in the actual
world because it is possible that the feelings held by such people would
be similar to those held by the people in World D. Simply put,
determinism is the belief that everything has a cause, including
everything that people ever do, think, or say. People who believe in
incompatiblist determinism assert that this definition of determinism
means that there is no free will. In World D, it is a given that there
is no free will, therefore incompatiblist determinism would be a
reasonable possibility.
Belief in incompatabilist determinism does not require that one know
all of the determining factors. Therefore, it is possible to...