How to live well without free will / Gregg D. Caruso

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caruso, Gregg D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free will and determinism.

Personal Autonomy.

Medical Subjects:

Personal Autonomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"Most people not only believe in free will, but assume that if we didn’t have it society would fall apart. Gregg Caruso challenges this assumption and argues that belief in free will, rather than being a good thing, actually has a dark side and we would be better off without it. His book develops an ethically defensible and practically workable account of how we can live well– indeed, live better– without belief in free will. The book discusses the moral psychology of blame and anger, the intricacies of our moral responsibility practices, and how we can preserve love, morality, creativity, friendship, and criminal and social justice without free will. He also develops an account of virtue ethics and argues not only that it is consistent with free will skepticism, but that adopting the skeptical perspective can better help us achieve the virtues most important to human flourishing and well-being"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Free will skepticism

The dark side of free will

Moral responsibility

Morality and virtue

Love and friendship

Criminal justice

Social justice

Creativity

Postscript : A future without free will : hope, humanity, and human flourishing

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed August 5, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Caruso, Gregg D. How to live well without free will

ISBN:

9781009553216

1009553216

9781009553261

1009553267

OCLC:

1573775425

Publisher Number:

CIPO000406750

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license