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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b12949165.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-129) and index.".
- catalog description "List 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.".
- catalog extent "132 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0192853589 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Very short introductions ; 110".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "123/.5 22".
- catalog subject "BJ1461 .P54 2004".
- catalog subject "Free will and determinism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "List 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.".
- catalog title "Free will : a very short introduction / Thomas Pink.".
- catalog type "Einführung. swd".
- catalog type "text".