What's the best response to someone who believes in hard determinism but also uses this to deny responsibility for any immoral actions they commit?

PlogLod@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 67 points –

That is, they think all of their decisions were preordained, and then use this to claim that they can't be held responsible for anything they do.

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So..um what drives the hammer?

What drives the thing that drives the hammer? What drives the thing that drives the thing that drives the hammer? What drives the thing that drives the thing that drives the thing that drives the hammer?

Physical processes out of our control.

Well, I blame the nails. They're just asking for it.