Free Will brings together the essential readings on the debate of free will and determinism. Written by top
scholars in the field, the essays represent some of the clearest and most accessible thinking on this subject.
The introduction offers a concise yet thorough mapping of this age-old debate as well as a helpful overview of
the selections.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Robert Kane.
Part I: The Free Will Problem: Standard Positions: Compatibilism, Libertarianism, Hard and Soft Determinism.
Part II: The Compatibility / Incompatibility Question: Alternative Possibilities and Moral Responsibility.
Part III: Hierarchical Motivation, Deep Self Theories and Reactive Attitudes: New Compatibilist Theories.
Part IV: The Intelligibility Question: Libertarian or Incompatibilist Views of Free Agency and Free Will.
Part V: Religion and Free Will: Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom.
