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Living Without Free Will
Author | : Derk Pereboom |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2006-11-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780521029964 |
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Argues that morality, meaning and value remain intact even if we are not morally responsible for our actions.
Living without Free Will
Author | : Derk Pereboom |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2001-02-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781139428705 |
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Most people assume that, even though some degenerative or criminal behavior may be caused by influences beyond our control, ordinary human actions are not similarly generated, but rather are freely chosen, and we can be praiseworthy or blameworthy for them. A less popular and more radical claim is that factors beyond our control produce all of the actions we perform. It is this hard determinist stance that Derk Pereboom articulates in Living Without Free Will. Pereboom argues that our best scientific theories have the consequence that factors beyond our control produce all of the actions we perform, and that because of this, we are not morally responsible for any of them. He seeks to defend the view that morality, meaning and value remain intact even if we are not morally responsible, and furthermore, that adopting this perspective would provide significant benefit for our lives.
Living without Free Will
Author | : Derk Pereboom |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2001-02-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521791987 |
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In Living Without Free Will, Derk Pereboom argues that our best scientific theories indeed have the consequence that factors beyond our control produce all of the actions we perform, and that because of this, we are not morally responsible for any of them. He seeks to defend the view that morality, meaning, and value remain intact even if we are not morally responsible, and furthermore, that adopting this perspective would provide significant benefit for our lives.
Free Will
Author | : Derk Pereboom |
Publsiher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2009-11-13 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781603848862 |
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A unique anthology featuring contributions to the dispute over free will from Aristotle to the twenty-first century, Derk Pereboom's volume presents the most thoughtful positions taken in this crucial debate and discusses their consequences for free will's traditional corollary, moral responsibility. The Second Edition retains the organizational structure that made its predecessor the leading anthology of its kind, while adding major new selections by such philosophers as Spinoza, Reid, John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, Galen Strawson, and Timothy O'Connor. Hackett Readings in Philosophy is a versatile series of compact anthologies, each devoted to a topic of traditional interest. Selections include classical, modern, and contemporary writings chosen for their elegance of exposition and success at stimulating thought and discussion.
Free Will
Author | : Sam Harris |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2012-03-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781451683400 |
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion. A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion. In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.
Four Views on Free Will
Author | : John Martin Fischer,Robert Kane,Derk Pereboom,Manuel Vargas |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2009-02-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781405182041 |
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Focusing on the concepts and interactions of free will, moralresponsibility, and determinism, this text represents the mostup-to-date account of the four major positions in the free willdebate. Four serious and well-known philosophers explore the opposingviewpoints of libertarianism, compatibilism, hard incompatibilism,and revisionism The first half of the book contains each philosopher’sexplanation of his particular view; the second half allows them todirectly respond to each other’s arguments, in a lively andengaging conversation Offers the reader a one of a kind, interactive discussion Forms part of the acclaimed Great Debates in Philosophyseries
Free Will Agency and Meaning in Life
Author | : Derk Pereboom |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780199685516 |
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Derk Pereboom articulates and defends an original, forward-looking conception of moral responsibility. He argues that although we may not possess the kind of free will that is normally considered necessary for moral responsibility, this does not jeopardize our sense of ourselves as agents, or a robust sense of achievement and meaning in life.
Causes Laws and Free Will
Author | : Kadri Vihvelin |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2013-06-27 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780199795185 |
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This book rescues compatibilists from the familiar charge of 'quagmire of evasion' by arguing that the problem of free will and determinism is a metaphysical problem with a metaphysical solution. There is no good reason to think that determinism would rob us of the free will we think we have.