Determined

A Science of Life Without Free Will

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Robert M. Sapolsky: Determined (2023, Penguin Publishing Group)

English language

Published 2023 by Penguin Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-525-56098-2
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Biologically-based arguments for determinism and against free will, and what the other side of that rainbow looks like.

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reviewed Determined by Robert M. Sapolsky

two or three very good chapters

3 stars

Lighter and more liberally uplifting than I expected, though not all strong, the late chapters on the shifts in society as we ceased to treat schizophrenia, epilepsy, etc as personal moral failings stand out. From mostly neuroscience cases and psych experiments lens pushes at any gaps for spontaneous decision making separable from our histories of a second, an hour, a year, a millennium. Then moves into implications for society, primarily our societal morality and justice system's injustices built on individual responsibility.

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Subjects

  • Ethics
  • Social sciences, philosophy
  • Free will and determinism