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Life & Faith: Freedom Regained
Neurons and genetics cannot explain away
the existence of free will, according to Julian Baggini.
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When philosopher Julian Baggini – author of
more than a dozen books, including Atheism:
A Very Short Introduction and Freedom
Regained: The Possibility of Free Will –
hears someone talking about free will, they’re usually talking about why
humans don’t have it. This doesn’t sit well with him.
“They think it’s the view of intelligent
informed opinion, that there’s some sense in which science has shown that we definitely
don’t have free will,” he says. “So it’s ceased being a matter of philosophical
speculation and it’s become a matter of empirical, scientific fact.”
In this episode of Life & Faith, Baggini takes back the reins on the free will
debate and guides us through his thoughts on this question of whether we have
free will, and what true freedom might look like.
“Freedom isn’t about the ability to just
choose anything you want, it’s actually the capacity for your actions to flow
from your best nature.”
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Neurons and genetics cannot explain away
the existence of free will, according to Julian Baggini.
---
When philosopher Julian Baggini – author of
more than a dozen books, including Atheism:
A Very Short Introduction and Freedom
Regained: The Possibility of Free Will –
hears someone talking about free will, they’re usually talking about why
humans don’t have it. This doesn’t sit well with him.
“They think it’s the view of intelligent
informed opinion, that there’s some sense in which science has shown that we definitely
don’t have free will,” he says. “So it’s ceased being a matter of philosophical
speculation and it’s become a matter of empirical, scientific fact.”
In this episode of Life & Faith, Baggini takes back the reins on the free will
debate and guides us through his thoughts on this question of whether we have
free will, and what true freedom might look like.
“Freedom isn’t about the ability to just
choose anything you want, it’s actually the capacity for your actions to flow
from your best nature.”
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