NYTimes
“Free will guides people’s choices toward being more moral and better performers,” Dr. Vohs said. “It’s adaptive for societies and individuals to hold a belief in free will, as it helps people adhere to cultural codes of conduct that portend healthy, wealthy and happy life outcomes.”
“Free will guides people’s choices toward being more moral and better performers,” Dr. Vohs said. “It’s adaptive for societies and individuals to hold a belief in free will, as it helps people adhere to cultural codes of conduct that portend healthy, wealthy and happy life outcomes.”
Seems self-evident. If I can dump the blame on the things that caused my decision, why would I invest the same effort to do the right rather than the joy-enducing?
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Although I guess his evolutionary explanation can only come from a behaviorist or someone else with a motive for denying first-hand experience. After all, it's not something societies develop, it's how the decision-making process looks from the "inside", first-person, perspective.
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