Robert M Sapolsky
Determined


BoklivArtikelnr: 9781529920062

Filosofisk och psykologisk utforskning av mänskligt beteende. Pocketutgåva från Random House UK, 528 sidor.

  • Utforskar fri vilja och determinism i människans beteende.

  • Utmanar synen på ansvar och moraliska val i samhället.

  • Utgiven som pocket med 528 sidor.

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Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Random House UK
Omfång: 528 | Språk: Engelska

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One of the world's greatest scientists of human behaviour shows that free will does not exist - and challenges us to rethink the very notion of choice, identity, responsibility, justice, morality and how we live together.

'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks

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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