i've been interested in this for a while and not in the same sort of free will as means we decide which type of beer to order
but with regards to some of the nasties that are ongoing....
does anybody really have actual real free will when it comes to sexual predeliction?
or religion?
i have never really believed people chose to be straight...or gay ...and that most of our choices are either a product of nature or nurture...either way..we are not really our own masters
i think that if we understood that the bloke that just got convicted for his unfortunate habits was not really any different from us other than a few bits that we were not subjected to ....it might at least help us to gauge reaction or focus on some more appropriate forms of punishment rather than the usual 'chop his balls off and burn his brains' sort of thing