Free Will Explained

Do we have free will? And if we don’t, why do we feel as if we do? Popular author Dan Barker examines the way we make choices in this world through his original concept of “harmonic free will”: a philosophy that acknowledges both the impersonal laws of cause and effect that govern our world, as well as our own independent volition—without ever seeing these two perspectives as contradictory.

ISBN10:	1454927356
ISBN13:	9781454927358
Number Of Pages:	160
Publication Date:	20180206
Publisher:	Sterling
Binding:	Paperback

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A compelling essay on free will from an internationally recognized authority on atheism, and author of God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction.

Do we have free will? And if we don’t, why do we feel as if we do? In a godless universe governed by impersonal laws of cause and effect, are you responsible for your actions? Former evangelical minister Dan Barker (God: The Most Unpleasant Character in All Fiction) unveils a novel solution to the question that has baffled scientists and philosophers for millennia. He outlines the concept of what he calls “harmonic free will,” a two-dimensional perspective that pivots the paradox on its axis to show that there is no single answer—both sides are right. Free will is a useful illusion: not a scientific, but a social truth.