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Free Will
- Gesprochen von: Sam Harris
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 14 Min.
- Kategorien: Religion & Spiritualität, Religiöse Studien

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A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion.
In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.
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- Steffen
- 01.10.2015
A Masterpiece
Brilliant, fantastically argued.
Sam Harris is able to say more on 100 pages than some people are on 600.
One hour that will change your view of human nature forever.
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- Arrdeh
- 31.01.2020
Cool book on the non-existence of free will
I would have loved for the author to not only argue that the conscious mind holds no free will, but that it is logically entirely impossible to build a free mind (that actually acts on an agenda) from deterministic building blocks (deterministic + maybe random noise added)
Still he makes clear that there is no free will. And what this actually means
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- Finn
- 15.06.2019
Zu kurz
Haette gern mehr fuer 1 Guthaben. Aber sehr gut und einfach zu verstehen. Auch gut gelesen.
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- T. Blass
- 11.06.2015
A hard subject explained easy.
Sam is simply a great writer and engaging speaker. He clearly lays out his arguments and strengthens them with well chosen examples.
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