In response to the recent #Manchester arena bombing,
this is the only reasoning behind free will,
that makes sense to me right now.
The third strip of #TheAdultManual
feat. #God and #JohnStuartMill
The reason why John Stuart Mill is mentioned instead of say 'window sill' which rhymes equally well with 'free will' is to draw attention to Mill's ideas on individual liberty.
Mill quite categorically states that "Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians." Mill held conditions of freedom are only desirable in civilised societies—“[u]ntil then, there is nothing for them but implicit obedience to an Akbar or a Charlemagne, if they are so fortunate as to find one” (Liberty, XVIII: 224)
To read more about Mill please refer to https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/#LibeFreeSpee
I'm not really confident we can handle absolute liberty anymore.
Also I'd like to think God drinks himself silly, every time we blow people up, he's quite human like that, poor fellow.
Comments (0)
See all