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Weighing fate, choice, and human responsibility.

One determinism quote asks whether market forces should outweigh human lives and public values, while another wrestles with reconciling determinism and human responsibility against ideas of justice and mercy.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Human
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Nov 07, 2020

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

Quotes by William Greider

Justice
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Nov 07, 2020

The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.

Quotes by Ken MacLeod

Clock
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Nov 07, 2020

The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.

Quotes by Heinz R. Pagels

Free
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Nov 07, 2020

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.

Quotes by Georg C. Lichtenberg

Impossible
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Nov 07, 2020

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

Quotes by Arthur Eddington

A third compares the world's shift from clock-like determinism to pinball-like contingency, and a final line insists people believe in free will despite the weight of evidence against it. See Clock and Alone quotes.

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