Exactly how we did up until now. When I was young I was much obsessed with the questions around free will, but then I came to ask myself "ok then?". Why should I care if I have "free will" or not? It's not like I can let go of myself, and suiciding is pretty idiotic as an answer. Furthermore, as a society we surely cannot leave murderers or thieves around after giving a negative answer to the question of free will. We should still build our society (as we've always done) incentivizing certain behaviours and unincentivizing certain others. So, in the end, I decided this was the most pointless question that philosophy ever engaged with.
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Exactly how we did up until now. When I was young I was much obsessed with the questions around free will, but then I came to ask myself "ok then?". Why should I care if I have "free will" or not? It's not like I can let go of myself, and suiciding is pretty idiotic as an answer. Furthermore, as a society we surely cannot leave murderers or thieves around after giving a negative answer to the question of free will. We should still build our society (as we've always done) incentivizing certain behaviours and unincentivizing certain others. So, in the end, I decided this was the most pointless question that philosophy ever engaged with.