To untangle this knot, I ask you to revisit Nietzsche with me.
Nietzsche opposed the notion of free will with adamantine resolve.
Remember that he understood the induction of guilt as a religious
(Christian in particular) con game by which ordinary people are given
(a) demanding and decontextualized moral precepts (thou shalt not do
this or that whatever the circumstances) and (b) the idée fixe that
they can choose what they will want and what they will do. If,
however, determinism is the game of the universe, individual human
beings will soon violate the moral code only to then fault themselves
for their transgressions. They could have, they tell themselves,
resisted temptation and not do the selfish thing.
Nietzsche opposed the notion of free will with adamantine resolve.
Remember that he understood the induction of guilt as a religious
(Christian in particular) con game by which ordinary people are given
(a) demanding and decontextualized moral precepts (thou shalt not do
this or that whatever the circumstances) and (b) the idée fixe that
they can choose what they will want and what they will do. If,
however, determinism is the game of the universe, individual human
beings will soon violate the moral code only to then fault themselves
for their transgressions. They could have, they tell themselves,
resisted temptation and not do the selfish thing.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201009/forget-regret-0
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