The Free Will Delusion by James B Miles
Poverty is not accident, but design. We are not all equal before the law. And the central message of contemporary ethics is that only some people matter.
“The Free Will Delusion is a remarkable book that covers an enormous range of positions, ideas, and writers on free will and moral responsibility, which is already impressiveBut to take this often esoteric material and form it into a book that is powerful, provocative, clear, accessible, and a joy to read: that is a singular achievement." -- Prof. Bruce Waller
“A terrific book… bold and provocative, yet rigorously argued... Miles maintains a hard incompatibilist and anti-utilitarian position against the most prominent defenders of a belief in free will strong enough to support moral responsibility, including Kane, Searle, Dennett, Watson, Fischer, Frankfurt, P. F. Strawson, and the free will illusionist Saul Smilansky... The Free Will Delusion is passionate, compassionate, and an exciting read. Highly recommended” -- Dr Richard Double * both published by OUP *
"In this impassioned critique of views on free will, Miles decisively rebuts the morally problematic claim that people are to blame for who they become, lighting the way toward more fair and effective responses to wrong-doing and social inequality." -- Tom Clark * Center for Naturalism *
“A terrific book… bold and provocative, yet rigorously argued... Miles maintains a hard incompatibilist and anti-utilitarian position against the most prominent defenders of a belief in free will strong enough to support moral responsibility, including Kane, Searle, Dennett, Watson, Fischer, Frankfurt, P. F. Strawson, and the free will illusionist Saul Smilansky... The Free Will Delusion is passionate, compassionate, and an exciting read. Highly recommended” -- Dr Richard Double * both published by OUP *
"In this impassioned critique of views on free will, Miles decisively rebuts the morally problematic claim that people are to blame for who they become, lighting the way toward more fair and effective responses to wrong-doing and social inequality." -- Tom Clark * Center for Naturalism *
James B. Miles is an expert on the logical implications of evolutionary theory, and has been published across philosophy, social science and natural science journals. AI and the End of Humanity is based on ideas he developed together with the father of modern evolutionary biology.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784621698 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784621692 |
| Title | The Free Will Delusion |
| Author | James B Miles |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Troubador Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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