Restorative free will : back to the biological base /

Argues for an account of free will that takes seriously the evolutionary development of the key elements of free will. It emphasizes a biological understanding of free will that rejects the belief that free will belongs exclusively to humans and seeks to understand free will by examining it writ lar...

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Main Author: Waller, Bruce N., 1946- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
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505 0 |a Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Human uniqueness -- Uniquely human reason -- Will power in a just world -- The burden of moral responsibility -- Free will and criminal justice -- Psychological free will -- Restorative free will -- Enlarging ethics -- Why keep free will? -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author. 
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