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Determined: Life Without Free Will

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Robert M Sapolsky

 

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

 

‘Utterly fascinating … with mind-boggling implications’ FRANS DE WAAL

 

One of the world’s greatest scientists of human behaviour, the bestselling author of Behave, shows that free will does not exist – and challenges us to rethink the notions of choice, identity, responsibility, justice, morality and how we live together.

 

‘One of the best scientist-writers of our time’ OLIVER SACKS

 

‘Moving, absorbing, compassionate’ OLIVER BURKEMAN, Observer

 

Behind every thought, action and experience there lies a chain of biological and environmental causes, stretching back from the moment a neuron fires to the dawn of our species and beyond. Nowhere in this infinite sequence is there a place where free will could play a role.

 

Without free will, it makes no more sense to punish people for antisocial behaviour than it does to scold a car for breaking down. It is no one’s fault they are poor or overweight or unsuccessful, nor do people deserve praise for their talent or hard work; ‘grit’ is a myth. This mechanistic view of human behaviour challenges our most powerful instincts, but history suggests that we have already made great strides toward it: where once we saw demonic possession or cowardice, for example, now we diagnose illness or trauma and offer help.

 

Determined confronts us with our true nature: who and what we are is biology and nothing more. Disturbing and liberating in equal measure, it explores the far-reaching implications for society of accepting this reality. Monumentally difficult as it may be, the reward will be a far more just and humane world.

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About the Author

Robert M. Sapolsky is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius Grant’. His previous books include the international bestseller Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and WorstThe Trouble with Testosterone, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers and A Primate’s Memoir.

 

Book Specifications

Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Published Year: 2023
Publisher: Bodley Head
ISBN: 978-1847925541

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