Does the idea of Free Will appeal to you??

Free-will is like porn. You know full well what it is,and its real...

This is how I would interpret it is I saw it out of context.
Free Will

I would read it like this:

''free the will'' in the sense of ''let your will go freely''.
Which means to me to say to let go of others pressures and constraint and go with your feelings/ideas.

If it was in within a context then no I do not think free will is about things having to happen regardless.
I believe in things because of a reasone.
Like there is an action and then a reaction.
Things don't just because things happens because a driven force.

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Originally Posted by Theunderground

Free-will is like porn. You know full well what it is,and its real...

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That would be an insult to pornographers!

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Originally Posted by Ohmyscience

To detract a little from the subject, if free will does not exists how can a legal system function? I personally think that free will is most likely a human vanity. If we cannot extend free will to animals how can it be an all encompassing rule.

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A legal system is not based on free will. That's a dumb contradiction. If there was free will, we would not need laws. A legal system is based on freedom of given choices and well-publish laws. More than a human vanity it is a human, religious lie.

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Originally Posted by cafolini

A legal system is not based on free will. That's a dumb contradiction. If there was free will, we would not need laws. A legal system is based on freedom of given choices and well-publish laws. More than a human vanity it is a human, religious lie.

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In fact Laws are man-made administrative rules to keep people in leash.
Free Will is voluntary, divine.

I hope I can clarify earlier that there is a supposition of an agency behind those that commit crimes which by a jury of peers can be judged. If this agency (free will) does not exists, then morally speaking punishing criminals is like putting goats on trial for a crime. Also I don't see the distinction between free will and freedom of choices. Even if you are aware of your choices is this awareness done without influence? I liked the comparison between love and free will, in that they both seem to me man made and they gained value over time.

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Originally Posted by Ohmyscience

I hope I can clarify earlier that there is a supposition of an agency behind those that commit crimes which by a jury of peers can be judged. If this agency (free will) does not exists, then morally speaking punishing criminals is like putting goats on trial for a crime. Also I don't see the distinction between free will and freedom of choices. Even if you are aware of your choices is this awareness done without influence? I liked the comparison between love and free will, in that they both seem to me man made and they gained value over time.

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Right, very few people don't believe in free will. The underlying philosophy of the justice system is predicated upon it. But even absent free will the justice system is useful, kinda. The threat of punishment deters future crimes, and removing criminals from society and remediating them makes it less likely that crimes will continue to occur.

Yes there is no difference between free will and freedom of choices.