Nonsense of Free Will
eBook - ePub

Nonsense of Free Will

Facing up to a false belief

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  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Nonsense of Free Will

Facing up to a false belief

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About this book

Did Myra Hindley deserve to be punished? Does any criminal? Is belief in free will an essential foundation for morality, or an excuse for unwarranted cruelty? Is free will a myth and, if so, can we let go of it?In this entertaining, accessible but deeply serious book, the author brings a refreshingly original approach to the age-old conflict between free will and determinism and comes down firmly against free will. But what does 'free will' mean? And if we rejected it, what would the consequences be?The author, a lawyer who has worked both on law reform at the Law Commission and in private practice, and has written legal and other books and articles, has turned to a subject which has interested him for over half a century. He strongly believes that it does not belong exclusively to philosophers. These questions should be of concern to everyone - and no one who is willing to look at them objectively should be afraid to judge for themselves and reach their own conclusions.

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Information

Publisher
Matador
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781780887449

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. PRAISE FOR ‘THE NONSENSE OF FREE WILL’
  5. Preface
  6. 1.
  7. PART I - DETERMINISM AND FREE WILL
  8. PART II - CAN WE RESCUE FREE WILL?
  9. PART III - DO WE REALLY BELIEVE IN FREE WILL?
  10. PART IV - IMPLICATIONS OF DISBELIEF
  11. PART V - DETERMINISM, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
  12. PART VI - LAST THOUGHTS