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Re:Photons, Quasars and the Possibility of Free Will by coldtea on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @10:59AM (#18609404)
>No. Causality is all you need to identify who the criminal is.

Causality just determines who did something criminal. The word criminal though also invokes a moral judgement (of character) and intent, which presupposes an agent, which presupposes free will.

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Re:Photons, Quasars and the Possibility of Free Will by ajuc on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @11:55AM (#18610049)
> which presupposes an agent, which presupposes free will.

In an universe without free will there can still be agents.

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