PhilGoetz comments on Morality is not about willpower - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 07 October 2011 02:08:43PM 0 points [-]

The compatibilist definition of choice says that "choice" is the deterministic working-out of "who you are". You could, in principle, work out some sort of division of your actions into categories that have causes within the parts of your brain that you are most fond of, and those that have causes primarily with other parts, like the brainstem. Why would you want to do that?