THE NONSENSE OF FREE WILL: FACING UP TO A FALSE BELIEF
Book ID/图书代码： 06684514B70320
English Summary/英文概要： ’Most people are completely taken in by the illusion of free will. Happily, Richard Oerton is not among them. The Nonsense of Free Will is a wonderfully clear - and very clever - little book.’ -- Sam Harris author of The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape and Free Will
’There are philosophical, scientific, scholarly, novel, determined, American, pompous, dotty and other books on free will and determinism. There are also a few books that are lucid and informal introductions for ordinary readers and let you know that your free will does not exist. Richard Oerton’s may be the best of these.’ -- Professor Ted Honderich Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College London
’This book is superbly written and a delight to read. Starting as a clearly reasoned treatment of determinism, it merges seamlessly into a critique of English criminal law and penal policy, and ends with a plea for society to abandon what the author sees as its irrational belief in free will.’ -- Joshua Rozenberg lawyer and legal commentator, formerly legal editor of The Daily Telegraph
’This fascinating book explains and discusses one of the most difficult questions underlying criminal liability - are we right to work on the basis that all sane people can exercise free will? Richard Oerton explores the free will v. determinism debate with remarkable and rare clarity. This is not a book only for academics: it is of vital interest to all who want to think about the way society is organised.’ - Dr. Stephen Cretney, DCL, FBA, QC, LLD, Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, formerly Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Bristol University, and a Law Commissioner from 1978 to 1983
Chinese Summary/中文概要： ”大多数人完全相信自由意志的错误观念。令人高兴的是，理查德不在其中。《自由意志的无稽之谈》是一本非常清晰，而且非常聪明的小书。“—— 山姆•哈里斯 ，《信仰的终结》，《写给基督教国家》和《道德景观和自由意志》的作者
”有很多关于哲学，科学，学术，小说，决定，美国，浮夸和疯疯癫癫的书，以及其他关于自由意志和决定的书。也有几本清晰的和非正式的介绍给普通读者的书，让你知道你的自由意志不存在。理查德的书可能是最好的
了。”——特德•洪德里奇•格罗特教授，伦敦大学学院的大脑与逻辑的哲学的荣誉教授
“这本书是一次极好的写作和愉悦的阅读。以一个明确合理的针对决定论的治疗开始，它无缝地合并成英文刑法和刑事政策的批判，以恳求社会抛弃笔者所看到的自由意志的非理性信念结束。”—— 约书亚•罗森贝格，律师和法律评论员，每日电讯报的前法律主编
“这本令人着迷的书解释和讨论了潜在的刑事法律责任最困难的问题之一——我们有在所有理智的人可以行使自由意志的基础上工作的权利吗？理查德以显着的和罕见的清晰度探讨了自由意志与决定论的争论。这不仅是一本针对学者的书：对所有愿意去思考社会的组织方式的人来说，这本书都是至关重要的。”——斯蒂芬•基达尼博士，是民法博士，不列颠学会会员，质检员和法学博士，万灵学院和牛津大学的名誉研究员，布里斯托尔大学的原教授和法学院院长，1978至1983年期间是法律专员(LNL)
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