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--- Quote from: Ben de Wal on January 03, 2013, 02:41:12 AM --- could be :D maybe they had it before motals came about and since they had so much power they had to have restriction on there abilty to effect the mortal world
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Who knows?
Jim does. That's why I'm asking him in this thread. I'd like some hard answers instead of murkyness.
Ben de Wal:
if this hlp...
i sveral actully uriel said clearly amused all designed for your protection but there are som thing i can tell you
so angels are bound by laws at the very least
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--- Quote from: Ben de Wal on January 03, 2013, 02:49:03 AM --- if this hlp...
i sveral actully uriel said clearly amused all designed for your protection but there are som thing i can tell you
so angels are bound by laws at the very least
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Humans can be bound by laws too.
Ben de Wal:
sorry i just cheated and wentto the woj There is a rather long discussion as to what constitutes free will as an element in the back end of this book (Ghost Story). Is what is presented and discussed as a concept, your own philosophy? How did that come about, the idea that free will is making your choices based upon truth.
Right, and in the Dresden Files universe it's a vital component. It's what devides mortals, human beings, from everybody else. Is that we're the ones that have elements of both good and evil inside us, we're the ones who get to chose what to do. And because that's who we are, we make the world around us through those choices. The forces of the universe, these cosmic forces are always ballanced against one another, and we're the ones who can tilt that see-saw one way or another with our actions. I think that is largely true in real life, but it is certainly a very fun, dramatic use of the concept of free will for writing with. It's very important in general, and that's why Harry, as he's gotten more mature, he's striven so much harder to make sure that other people have a choice, you know, he's not trying to make choices for people any more, he's trying to make sure that they know what's going on, and can make an informed choice.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: 123456789blaaa on January 03, 2013, 02:18:28 AM ---I don't know. That's why I'm asking.
If I had to take a stab at an explanation that I think Jim would give, I would say that presumably Mouse is attacking for a good reason (the serial killer is trying to kill someone or Harry or whatever). Normally Harry's Free Will and The SK's Free Will are equal and so their lives are both of equal worth. However, if the serial killer kills Harry or Mouse or some other being that Mouse deems worthy of protecting, the total Free Will and/or potential for enabling Free Will (this is why beings without Free Will get a pass. Sometimes they can enable Free Will) goes down (not to mention he'll probably do it again). In order to preserve maximum Free Will the serial killers Free Will must be taken away (in an ideal situation this would never happen but the Dresdenverse is not an ideal world).
Now if Mouse just attacked the serial killer for no good reason than you might be justified in killing him. Ideally you would just subdue him because he has potential for enabling Free Will though.
Keep in mind that I'm tired right now and I'm probably forgetting some things.
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Or maybe the serial killer attacked Mouse because he likes killing beings without free will.
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