Saul Smilansky

Imagine, that I’m deliberating whether to do my duty, such as to parachute into enemy territory, or something more mundane like to risk my job by reporting on some wrongdoing. If everyone accepts that there is no free will, then I’ll know that people will say, ‘Whatever he did, he had no choice—we can’t blame him.’ So I know I’m not going to be condemned for taking the selfish option. [...] the more people accept the determinist picture, the worse things will get. We cannot afford for people to internalize the truth. [...] look the dark truth in the face. (2016) source Unverified