The teleology of free will

It is only if we have principles which we follow whether or not it benefits us that we display free will.

If we merely follow our appetites, emotions and moods, we have created a god of our emotions and appetites which then enslaves us, making us no better than cattle.


This is presumably why those who have religion - Jews and Muslims in particular - will always triumph over those who worship only themselves through their emotions and appetites. This explains why Christianity has failed since it is obviously idolatrous, cursed by God and has been subverted by liberalism. Liberalism in the 21st century means no more than sexual liberation from the rules of marriage and good parenting resulting in degeneracy and therefore the decline and fall of your civilisation.


Sexual corruption leads to moral corruption. Moral corruption leads to intellectual corruption. Intellectual corruption means you will be unable to use Truth, Logic and Morality to solve and avoid problems. 

Idiocracy: The Great Dumbing Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9nVLXMhPc


Western IQs drop by 14 points in last century, study says
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-05-25/western-iqs-drop-14-points-last-century-study-says


Out-of-Wedlock Births Rise Worldwide
https://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/out-wedlock-births-rise-worldwide


The teleological purpose of free will is to give humans dignity. The most important exercise of free will is on the question of whether to obey God's laws. The decision is made on the basis of whether one wants to obey God's laws. If not, one would choose not to believe in the existence of God. Only those who see the benefits of obeying God's laws would wish to obey them.


Is willful blindness an exercise of free will?


In the end, these questions do not matter because the only issue at stake is whether one is acting morally or immorally. 


If we obey the dictates of our emotions, moods and appetites, we are no better than cattle.


If we decide to make sacrifices for the greater good, we give ourselves human dignity through showing the capacity to understand the purpose of morality and acting according to its dictates through using our capacity for reason. Ultimately, this is all that matters.