How does accepting determinism change your prejudices?

Answer 1

It creates prejudice, if one were smart enough to know that in the first place, one wouldn't regress to Neanderthal behavior, would one?!?

Answer 2

I do not accept determinism. We can all rise above inherited or environmental factors. Prejudice is to prejudge. I don't do that. To judge the unknown is illogical and pure folly. You are assuming too much.

Answer 3

I think it really depends on your outlook regarding determinism. A person who see's that the course of current events as a product of solely previous events may not necessarily have prejudicial viewpoints whereas a person who's view of determinism stems from epistemological ideas might have their worldview shaped by concepts of moral authority. And sometimes moral authority dictates prejudice.

Answer 4

I only believe that the world and certain things like the fact that we will die is predestined, meanwhile we have free will to make our individual lives into what we can. I do not believe in determinism. Otherwise, how can I make the right choices?

Answer 5

I don't believe in determinism. Therefore, it does nothing for my prejudices, though few.

Answer 6

You learn to accept that everything is apart of life, which for some reason some find difficult without some form of belief or way of thinking, which thus makes you without judgement.

Answer 7

What is this, a gnostic question....lol

Yeah, you're right. It changes a lot, it's a kind of relief. If feels good, so it can't be bad, but then when you transcend determinism, it feels so much better; this is true peace.


Good luck!

Answer 8

This would mean that you would be blaming your prejudices on the laws of causality. (i.e. "its not my fault I'm prejudice")