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On resisting mythological consciousness : Comments
By Peter Sellick, published 25/6/2015The function of these narratives is not to diffuse the alienation between humanity and nature, but to carry theological weight.
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Regarding your quote from Jerry Coyne:
Whether the brain is deterministic or otherwise, I don't know and I'm not concerned with, because whatever, good or bad, occurred between the molecules of that brain which you call yours, is only a chemical reaction - not your decision.
Subjectively we are in control of "our" brain, thus responsible for its actions, but if at any time we feel that our brain is not influenced by our values, then we always have the choice and responsibility to renounce it, to stop identifying with it and with the body it controls against our wishes, so while the chemistry would probably continue in its same pattern, we would no longer have anything to do with it. So long as we remain identified with a stray/chemical/deterministic brain, we remain responsible for its actions.