tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4618903738490315699..comments2024-03-28T00:17:55.823+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The stages of human lifeBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-27452384922036174622011-12-11T06:52:45.842+00:002011-12-11T06:52:45.842+00:00@Brett - on the contrary, free will is so vital to...@Brett - on the contrary, free will is so vital to our metaphysics that nearly everything else must be built around it; it is (in a sense) the most important thing there is.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-50193078335129236202011-12-11T02:14:03.026+00:002011-12-11T02:14:03.026+00:00"Free will" is one of those vague terms ..."Free will" is one of those vague terms like freedom, equality, justice, etc. that probably should be avoided because they are inherently misleading because they are vague.<br /><br />However, we have choice. As a nihilist, I value making choices based on not materialism, nor dualism, but on a logical comparison of patterns and from that, an abstraction of a logical form to the cosmos as a whole (monism, adualism).<br /><br />It tends to form a more warlike basis for any religious belief...Brett Stevenshttp://www.amerika.org/noreply@blogger.com