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View submission: /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | February 24, 2025
What's your definition of will since to me one can have a will but simultaneously acknowledging social norms exist given they are part of society
Comment by challings at 25/02/2025 at 18:52 UTC
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Will is the ability to choose for yourself. If your choices are made by social norms, then you are subordinating your will to the will of the mass, and thus it’s practically irrelevant whether you have a will or not.
What I’m teasing out is that in just about every situation where it would make a real, significant difference, *most* people subordinate themselves to social norms and in doing so functionally abandon their will.