From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!upstill Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Rationality and Justice in a Deterministic Universe Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8227 Posted: Sat Aug 7 09:57:25 1982 Received: Sun Aug 8 00:24:34 1982 Anyone care to comment on Herman Kahn's summary of the situation? That is, "Even if you have a deterministic universe, you get a better breed of people if you treat them as if they had free will." Machiavellian overtones aside, what he's saying, and what this just discussion is trying to come to grips with, is the fact that the RECOGNITION of determinism has profound socio-behavioral implications. Steve