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Originally Posted by Dengar
The assumption that free will exists means that people have to take responsibility for their actions. If free will doesn't exist, then responsibility automatically doesn't exist either. One simply can't exist without the other.
Personally, any method for escaping responsibility is twisted and deserves no respect.
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I agree with that in principle - I'd like to think that that's how I make my decisions, how I live my life.
However, I would like to ask:
What does 'taking responsibility' mean to you? The death penalty? Being incarcerated? etc?
And where and to what extent does the responsibility lie?