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Free Will

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Free Press, Mar 6, 2012 - Science - 96 pages
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.

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Harris is a smart guy, and an engaging writer. - Goodreads
Harris's writing is bad and disorganized. - Goodreads
Sam Harris is a great writer and a great debater. - Goodreads
Harris is a great writer, but still underwhelming. - Goodreads
But this is still an excellent little piece of writing. - Goodreads
I'm not sure I buy his premise. - Goodreads

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User Review  - Joseph - Goodreads

I suppose I ought to begin with the disclaimer that I happen to believe in something like free will (though I won't articulate its complexities here), and this book is an argument against it. Having ... Read full review

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User Review  - Charlie Parramore - Goodreads

In this very short book, Sam Harris questions a facet of life I never thought much about questioning before. He postulates that free will is an illusion. His basic premise seems to be that although we ... Read full review

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About the author (2012)

Sam Harris is the author of the bestselling books The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, and Lying. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction. His writing has been published in over fifteen languages. Dr. Harris and his work have been discussed in The New York Times, Scientific American, Nature, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Time, and many other publications. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Times (London), The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, Newsweek, Annals of Neurology, and elsewhere. Dr. Harris is cofounder and CEO of Project Reason, a nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. He received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA. Please visit his website at www.samharris.org.

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