Free Will

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To what extent are you free? Are you responsible for your decisions and actions? Are people to blame for their mistakes?

The topic of free will has raged on for centuries. It’s spawned determinists and dualists and compatibilists. It has repercussions for how we reward and punish people. And we still have trouble with it.

Free Will is a curated collection of public domain texts, gathered from history’s greatest thinkers and assembled into a single, accessible volume. Each chapter presents arguments from a different philosopher, allowing you to explore the evolution of thought across time—from ancient metaphysics to modern science.

Table of Contents:

1. Aristotle
2. Boethius
3. René Descartes
4. Thomas Hobbes
5. David Hume
6. Pierre-Simon Laplace
7. John Stuart Mill
8. Leo Tolstoy
9. Friedrich Nietzsche
10. Henri Bergson
11. Rudolf Steiner
12. William James
13. Arthur Schopenhauer
14. Chapman Cohen
15. Bertrand Russell

If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re in control—or just going through the motions—this book is for you.

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