As we will see, they all deny its existence. What follows is a compilation of quotes from some of the world’s leading atheists about free will. If we have no free will, then obviously this matters (no pun intended) tremendously, because true moral accountability goes out of the window meaning that when an atheist condemns something as ‘immoral’, that is little more than hand-waving because moral accountability assumes free will. There is no ‘us’ outside of matter that is somehow controlling what we do. They believe matter is all that exists, and since all matter is subject to the law of physics, so are our thoughts and actions, which are ultimately by-products of matter and prior events. ![]() After all, if we don’t really choose our actions, how can we be held responsible for them?īut actually, many leading atheists don’t believe in free will at all. ![]() It is the basis for our belief in moral accountability. ![]() We think we can choose one action over another, love this person rather than that person.
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