| Cobretti2 said: what about a 2 year old who finds his dads gun and accidently shoots his father. He never had an intention of killing him for real. he thouht he was playing. also not every decision we make is for profit. sometime we feel cmpassion for people and want to help out. LIke a bum on the street or sposoring a 3rd world child etc... |
But in this context, "profit" doesn't necessarily mean material profit. It just means that when we help people, we profit by feeling good.
The problem with determinism is that it leads to a very nihilistic world view wherein, if you do help someone, you did it for an entirely selfish reason, i.e. because it made you feel good to do so. Overcoming your desire to keep your own money in order to give it to someone needy isn't a good or noble act, it was just a way for you to placate yourself and your desires. Worse, you could never have even made a different choice. From the moment time began, you were always destined to give that person money at that point in time.
