Friday, September 13, 2013

Determinism: A Tralfamadorian Perspective

In Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five there is a race of aliens called the Tralfamadorians. Tralfamadorians do not experience time in a linear way (like we do). Tralfamadorians have access to each moment at all times. In this short youtube clip, Vonnegut explains the Tralfamadorian perspective on terrible things like war. I post this as a connection to other material. In this novel, there is a deterministic portrayal of the universe, and this does seem to absolve moral responsibility in certain ways.

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