Re: A Big Question

One possible answer to your dilemna is to assume a probabilistic
casuality in human affairs, if not more broadly. That is, circumstance
defines only the probability distribution of possible outcomes. So if
you make no effort at all, you will do as circumstances dictate, and
your moral responsibility arises from innaction when action was instead
possible; if you struggle, you can produce outcomes that deviate from
what is most probable, and thereby assume a moral responsibility; the
harder you struggle, the more improbable the outcome, and this offers a
foundation for moral heroism or extraordinary virtue.
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Haines Brown, KB1GRM



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