The myth of choice

personal responsibility in a world of limits

244 pages

English language

Published Dec. 7, 2012 by Biteback Pub..

ISBN:
978-1-84954-307-1
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OCLC Number:
784581039

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4 stars (1 review)

An account of the constraints on personal choice, and the consequences of those constraints for everyday life. Greenfield poses unsettling questions about the choices we make, tapping into scholarship on topics from brain science to economics and sociology. His discoveries confirm that many factors limit our free will.

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4 stars

One day at one of my college reunion, I went into the library to see what was new, if anything. I selected a book from a nearby stack and started reading it. The stack was on "law," which I thought curious, as my college had no law school. It turns out that the book was written by a lawyer and really concerned internal and external limitations and obstructions to informed decision-making (in law and otherwise). I read it greedily for an hour, picked up, and then went off to the college radio station. Anyhow, the subject of the book gnawed on me for a number of years, and I finally bought it. It's a very credible treatment of the subject and easily read. It's a good read.

Subjects

  • Choice (Psychology)
  • Responsibility
  • Free will and determinism

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