Free will : a very short introduction
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Thomas Pink
- ناشر : Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2004
- شابک / ISBN : 9780192853585
Description
st of illustrations -- 1: Free will problem -- 2: Freedom as free will -- 3: Reason -- 4: Nature -- 5: Morality without freedom? -- 6: Scepticism about libertarian freedom -- 7: Self-determination and the will -- 8: Freedom and its place in nature -- References -- Further reading -- Index.
From the Publisher: 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.
