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Free Will: A Very Short Introduction
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: Aug 5th, 2004
- Pages: 132
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.90in - 4.36in - 0.36in - 0.28lb
- EAN: 9780192853585
- Categories: • Free Will & Determinism
About the Author
Thomas Pink is Lecturer in Philosophy at King's College, London. He is also an associate editor of Mind.
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What people are saying
Taylor Patrick O'Neill
@thomaesplendor
2 years
PhD. Theology. Professor. Husband. Father of 6. Devoted to the splendor of St. Thomas. My book: Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin ↓
@adorientem I disagree. Perhaps there are some who define libertarianism that way, but I do not think it is the ubiquitous usage. See, for example, Thomas Pink's 'Free Will: A Short Introduction.'
What people are saying
Taylor Patrick O'Neill
@thomaesplendor
2 years
PhD. Theology. Professor. Husband. Father of 6. Devoted to the splendor of St. Thomas. My book: Grace, Predestination, and the Permission of Sin ↓
@adorientem I disagree. Perhaps there are some who define libertarianism that way, but I do not think it is the ubiquitous usage. See, for example, Thomas Pink's 'Free Will: A Short Introduction.'