[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

Originally Posted by Open Mind

In materialism the unconscious is the chooser, as consciousness is supposedly generated by unconscious processes.... however in idealism and dualism the consciousness is the chooser and unconscious processes are habitual responses.

I know the story, but how does it actually work? How does idealism or dualism allow my decision to be something other than predetermined or random?

The point I was trying to make was in materialism, it is possible to wriggle around the issue of consent and argue the infidelity was not found out and will never be found out therefore was harmless and non hurtful to the relationship. However if survival is true, perhaps one's dead mother in law is perfectly aware of what her son in law is up to Whether that puts any male or female off or not is another matter.

Survival could be true under materialism, so materialism doesn't get away with anything. For that matter, telepathy could be true.

A belief in telepathy does not require one to believe in any particular metaphysic. It only requires one to have faith in an unknown mechanism.

~~ Paul