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Question 2: To what extent can we condemn conscious intent of immorality if it is beyond control?

We cannot condemn people for their conscious intent, as it is beyond their control. We can however, condemn whatever the intention is. That is, we cannot condemn person A for intending to kill another person, but we can condemn the intention that Person A has to kill another person.

Given that person A, is the sort of person who has intentions to kill others, it is perfectly appropriate to react to this by trying to encourage person A from having the intention to kill other people. As it is not person A's fault that they have this intention, we ought to deal with person A as kindly as we can in order to get person A to no longer have this intention. In most cases, this would involve using the rehabilitative model of justice rather than a retributive justice system. Norway's system of justice would work decently well as a model of determinist justice.

More Direct/Prefered Summary: People have no power over their own thoughts and actions, though they think they do. Even if we can't hold people accountable for their thoughts and actions, we can act to prevent people from causing other's harm. Since we cannot hold people accountable for their own thoughts and actions, we need to treat people as best as we can while trying to discourage negative intention and encouraging positive intention. This means 1.) probably not solitary confinement (retributive justice), and 2.) probably so fishing on lakes and petting goats (rehabilitative) - This works better anyhow, as it actually works to prevent future crime, and is kinder to everybody involved.

"The degree of a nation’s civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners."
-Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Question 1: If we have no free will, what is the power of conscious intention (if we have it)?

The power to self-generate conscious intention is part of the illusion of free will. Conscious intent is not an illusion.

In order to have conscious intention, we must have an object of conscious focus. We have no means to properly control what things are the objects of our conscious focus; thoughts are part of the determined nature of the universe. As such, the power to self-generate consciously intention is an illusion.

The conscious intent is not an illusion though. Just a moment ago, while thinking of how to demonstrate conscious intention, the intention to pick up my computer mouse entered my mind. I had no control over the focus of my consciousness, though it is certain that the intention was indeed still in my mind.

tl;dr Conscious intent exists; though, we have no power to control it.