Accessible to students with no background in the subject, Free Will provides an extensive and up-to-date overview
of all the latest views on this central problem of philosophy. Opening with a concise introduction to the history
of the problem of free will--and its place in the history of philosophy--the book then turns to contemporary debates
and theories about free will, determinism, and related subjects like moral responsibility, coercion, compulsion,
autonomy, agency, rationality, freedom, and more. Classical compatibilist and new compatibilist theories of free
will are considered along with the latest incompatibilist or libertarian theories and the most recent skeptical
challenges to free will. Separate chapters are devoted to the relation of free will to moral responsibility and
ethics; to modern science; and to religious questions about predestination, divine foreknowledge, and human freedom.
Numerous down-to-earth examples and challenging thought experiments enliven the text. The book is an ideal addition
to introduction to philosophy, metaphysics, and free will courses.