DETER:

Arguing with Determinists: the Inevitable Frustration.

So one might wonder then: if truly everything is automatic, why do we imagine ourselves to be free, constructing entire societies upon individual responsibility? The answer is: inevitably. It is mechanically inevitable that only certain minds would recognize their own nature. And at this point, perhaps mechanically, my own mind’s contempt for the determinist doubles. Even Divine Right is relatively modest by comparison. It is one thing to suggest that God willingly endowed certain men and women with privilege, perhaps in response to human-all-too-human foibles that resulted from the will He bestowed upon others. Yet to deny ANY will whatsoever, and to say that even GOD could not prevent one’s knowledge attaining absolute clarity!! How bold indeed.

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