Determined
Häftad bok.
Nyskick. Bach-Marklund Publishing Services. 2024. 528 sidor. Oläst. Förlagsny.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781529920062
- Titel
- Determined
- Författare
- Sapolsky, Robert M
- Förlag
- Random House UK
- Utgivningsår
- 2024
- Omfång
- 528 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 129 x 198 mm Ryggbredd 35 mm
- Vikt
- 500 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- 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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