Free Will: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback
by Thomas Pink
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Availability:In StockContributor:Thomas PinkSeries:Very Short IntroductionsPublish date:2004-08-05Pages:132
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192853585ISBN-10:192853589UPC:9780192853585Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Free Will & DeterminismSize:6.90 x 4.36 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SC9QK1TP2P
Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of choices: some trivial, others so consequential that they change the course of one's life, or even the course of history. But are these choices really free, or are we compelled to act the way we do by factors beyond our control? Is the feeling that we could have made different decisions just an illusion? And if our choices are not free, is it legitimate to hold people morally responsible for their actions?
Thomas Pink looks at the fundamental philosophical question of free will, critically examining the claim: If our actions are causally determined by events beyond our control, that means that we can never act freely, and so can never be held responsible for our actions.
Thomas Pink looks at the fundamental philosophical question of free will, critically examining the claim: If our actions are causally determined by events beyond our control, that means that we can never act freely, and so can never be held responsible for our actions.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780192853585ISBN-10:192853589UPC:9780192853585Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Free Will & DeterminismSize:6.90 x 4.36 x 0.36 inchesWeight:0.28Product ID:SC9QK1TP2P
Thomas Pink is Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College, London. He is also an associate editor of Mind.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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