Illusionism (philosophy)

Illusionism is a metaphysical theory about free will first propounded by professor Saul Smilansky of the University of Haifa.

[1] Furthermore, it holds that it is both of key importance and morally right that people not be disabused of these beliefs, because the illusion has benefits both to individuals and to society.

[1][2] Belief in hard incompatibilism, argues Smilansky, removes an individual's basis for a sense of self-worth in his or her own achievements.

[4] However, Smilansky asserts, the nature of what he terms the fundamental dualism between hard determinism and compatibilism is a morally undesirable one, in that both beliefs, in their absolute forms, have adverse consequences.

However, since Immanuel Kant's Preface to the Metaphysics of Morals that beauty, strength, political power, fame, intelligence, and charisma are the absolute worst characteristics if the individuals who have any or all of them are villains.