MegaDrive08 said:
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Actually, "free will is an illusion" is not an excuse for people to do wrong things and say "it wasn't my fault". "Free will is an illusion" just means that everything that has happened to you in your life up until now will have led to the decisions you make. If, since birth, you were given red toys, red shoes, red backpacks, red hats, etc. then, subconsciously, your favorite color will become red. So when you go to the store one day and see either a blue shirt or a red shirt, yea, you have the "choice" of picking either one, but chances you'll pick the red one and believe it's "because you wanted it".
"Experience teaches us no less clearly than reason, that men believe themselves free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined" ~Spinoza