Quote from: Tonyprep on Jun 02, 2024, 11:10 PMI don't agree that awareness of inevitable death invariably leads to the cessation of all rational thought. This is partly because there is no such thing as rational thought; it only seems there is. Without free will there can be no rational thought process. But also because I think I'm thinking rationally yet I know my death is inevitable.
We have will. It is not free, but we can reach rational conclusions and act on them. Having no free will is not the same as having no will at all. My choice about giving two fucks about my rational conclusions is far from free, I agree. But I still can reach rational conclusions, and if I enter into a feedback loop where I respect and seek rational conclusions. I begin to be free.
Rational conclusions I am free to ignore. Or not. Depending on my will, even though it not be free.