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Originally Posted by Interesting Ian  It's obvious I can act against my desires. I may vastly prefer to have eggs and bacon for breakfast, but choose to eat porridge instead. It's true that I may choose to have porridge because of another desire i.e to eat healthily. But it seems I have the power to act against my desires even where there are no competing desires.
It's interesting you think this is incompatible with determinism. If so then determinism cannot be defined as not random. |
Are you sure there are no other over-riding desires. I bet there are.
It's incompatible because it's not determined by anything and justs happens mysteriously.