Teeqoz on 24 June 2016
| JWeinCom said: It's really irrelevant. Whether it exists or not, the only logical thing to do is to act as if it does. |
Well, not really.
It's especially important in punishment for crimes. In many (modern at that) countries today, people are still punished for the sake of punishing the one who comitted the crime. If there is no free will, then there is no rational reason for punishment for punishment's sake, and the only reason to punish criminals is to avoid crimes being comitted in the future, by the person himself, or by others.
