From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!mhuxv!mhuxm!3951bb Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Rationality requires Determinism! and other goodies Article-I.D.: mhuxm.1006 Posted: Mon Aug 2 11:16:12 1982 Received: Tue Aug 3 00:39:34 1982 References: watmath.3162 utzoo.2324 An interesting problem arises without free will in justice system. Who could be arrested, no criminal guilty because they were not in a state of mind to choose between right and wrong. Some would argue that they had the ability to choose but that choice was irrelevant in a determinstic universe. Should we let go if they claimed that they chose to not act as they did but acted anyway because of their choice. An example of this was the nazi trials. Many claim that they did not choose to do it, yet they didwhat they did. I think that determinism is a state of mind. (think about it, but we all know what your thoughts are going to be, anyway, no?) lazaro munoz mhuxm!3951bb