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The Nonsense of Free Will

- Facing up to a false belief
Af: Richard Oerton Engelsk Paperback

The Nonsense of Free Will

- Facing up to a false belief
Af: Richard Oerton Engelsk Paperback
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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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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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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781780882871
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1780882874
Udg. Dato: 1 okt 2012
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 140mm
Højde: 216mm
Forlag: Troubador Publishing
Oplagsdato: 1 okt 2012
Forfatter(e): Richard Oerton
Forfatter(e) Richard Oerton


Kategori Samfunds- & politisk filosofi


ISBN-13 9781780882871


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 240


Udgave


Længde 15mm


Bredde 140mm


Højde 216mm


Udg. Dato 1 okt 2012


Oplagsdato 1 okt 2012


Forlag Troubador Publishing

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