This is a small book - 66 pages - and guaranteed to make you think. The blurb (lovely word to add to our vocabulary) states the following:
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.
Free Will by Sam Harris 66 pages published by Free Press on March 6, 2012, ISBN-10 1451683405
Astrology has long recognized that "free will" exists only inside of certain predetermined confines. Stephen Hawking has asserted that we are no more than a big bunch of molecular strings (I am paraphrasing his words) and yet all of this goes against everything we believe in and have been taught. Think about it...we are not free to choose our friends, partners or our own destiny? not free to make our own choices? not even free to be an upstanding member of society?
ACTIVITY There is only one possible activity here. Find a flaw, failure and/or mistake in the reasoning of the author. Can you accept the premise that "free will" does not exist?
Free Will by Sam Harris 66 pages published by Free Press on March 6, 2012, ISBN-10 1451683405
Astrology has long recognized that "free will" exists only inside of certain predetermined confines. Stephen Hawking has asserted that we are no more than a big bunch of molecular strings (I am paraphrasing his words) and yet all of this goes against everything we believe in and have been taught. Think about it...we are not free to choose our friends, partners or our own destiny? not free to make our own choices? not even free to be an upstanding member of society?
ACTIVITY There is only one possible activity here. Find a flaw, failure and/or mistake in the reasoning of the author. Can you accept the premise that "free will" does not exist?
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