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Any good books about free will vs. determinism (for beginners if possible)

maybe something that alrady aludes to things like stalinism, dictatorship.. etc

>> No.449692

> maybe something that alrady aludes to things like stalinism, dictatorship..

How is the philosophical question of free will and dictatorships/stalinism connected?

>> No.449697

>>449681

I gather that you don't want anything to challenge your preconceived notions on the subject?

>> No.449702

bad troll, sit! Bad troll!

>> No.449706

>>449692

I was wondering the same thing. Is op saying that free will is moral and that determinism is an excuse not to own up to ones own actions?

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>>449681

>> No.449745

Paradise Lost is an attempt to reconcile the conflict between the Christian beliefs of free will and God's ability to predict the future. That's the closest thing I can think of.

>> No.449770

Civil Disobedience

http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Disobedience-Henry-David-Thoreau/dp/1449518583/ref=sr_1_1/189-8135982-97
12836?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269040237&sr=1-1

>> No.449789

reasons and persons by derek parfit

>> No.449805

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Tick-Tock Man

"Get stuffed!"