Change only truly comes from within if libertarian free will exists, which I see no evidence for. But even if it does come from within, this fact, on its own, would be a poor philosophy to live by.
Again, you're assuming arguments I haven't even made. I never claimed that lack of free will prevents us from deliberate action to improve ourselves.
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In that case I stand corrected. What threw me off was the comment that ‘change from within’ is a bad heuristic to live by. I observe 18-year-old kids who haven’t taken care of themselves or made a buck in their entire lives and yet think they know what’s wrong with society and
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how to change it for the better. Perhaps that colored my interpretation of your words. To me, these kids need to hear that they don’t know shit and should focus on themselves first before trying to change the world. But if all you meant is that internal change should be
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