Précis of Derk Perebooms Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life

Gregg D. Caruso

Précis of Derk Perebooms Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life

Gregg D. Caruso

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Derk Perebooms Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life (2014) provides the most lively and comprehensive defense of free will skepticism in the literature. It contains a reworked and expanded version of the view he first developed in Living without Free Will (2001). Important objections to the early book are answered, some slight modifications are introduced, and the overall account is significantly embellished—for example, Pereboom proposes a new account of rational deliberation consistent with the belief that one’s actions are causally determined (ch.5) and develops a forward-looking theory of moral responsibility consistent with free will skepticism (ch.6). A significant contribution to the field, Free Will, Agency, and Meaning in Life is destined to become a classic and is essential reading for anyone interested in free will and moral responsibility.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	178-201
Number of pages	24
Journal	Science, religion and culture
Volume	1
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes

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