Free Will: A Very Short Introduction

• An incisive introduction to one of the best-known philosophical problems - the question of whether we are ever in control of how we act and what this control involves
• Discusses a range of issues surrounding free will, looking at the history of the subject from the ideas of Greek and medieval philosophers to the present-day thinkers
• Written by a leading authority on the subject
• Complements other titles in the series, such as Ethics and Philosophy
• Emphasises and explores the fact that the freewill problem has had a long history by looking at the ideas of Greek and medieval philosophers.

Readership: General readers interested in philosophy; students on undergraduate courses covering free will or ethics in philosophy courses.

Thomas Pink, Lecturer in Philosophy, King's College, University of London

1: The free will problem
2: Freedom as free will
3: Compatibilism and reason
4: Compatibilism and nature
5: Morality without freedom?
6: Libertarianism and scepticism
7: Self-determination and the will
8: Freedom and its place in nature

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