[Trailerpark Badass]

God gave us free will.

Remarkable is the hubris required for two-bit con men to take it away for some made-up "greater good."

[Zanton]

Trailerpark Badass -- You're so right. The "common good" is such a scam ideal. And what an excuse for slavery! You can perpetrate any atrocity you want so long as you can plausibly claim it's all for "the greater good."

But as for free will...don't all semi-intelligent creatures have this? Pet cats and dogs definitely seem to. They don't always obey humans, or act with robotic predictability. And monkeys and chimps are much freer. I think Mother Nature gave us human beings free will -- to go along with our super-powerful minds.