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How free are we really? A careful look at the long debate over freedom and what it means for human action.
The author surveys the history of the freedom issue, contrasts libertarian and determinist views, and introduces a nuanced approach that recognizes both past causation and a distinct kind of forward-looking influence. The discussion aims to balance rigorous argument with accessible insight, inviting readers to explore whether our choices reflect a personal will or are shaped by circumstance—and what that means for responsibility.
What you will encounter includes:
- A framework that blends past causation with a form of anticipatory guidance, called antesequential causation.
- Ways to understand how character, circumstance, and self interact in shaping actions.
- Discussions on prediction, morals, and the limits of what we can know about freedom.
- A practical, readable path through long-standing debates in ethics and philosophy.
Ideal for readers of philosophy, ethics, and discussions of free will seeking a clear, balanced treatment.
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George Herbert Palmer (1842 1933), was an American educator, philosopher, and author. He was born in Boston, a graduate of Harvard (1864), Andover Theological Seminary (1870), and studied in Europe (1867 69). He became a tutor in Greek at Harvard (1870) and taught there the rest of his career, becoming professor emeritus and overseer (1913 19). He was the first Harvard professor to abandon the textbook and recitation method of teaching philosophy and to work out his own system of ideas in lectures. His books include The Life and Works of George Herbert (1905); translations of the Odyssey and Sophocles' Antigone; The Field of Ethics (1901); and Altruism: Its Nature and Varieties (1919). He also wrote a biography (1908) of his second wife, Alice Freeman Palmer, his autobiography (1930), and a number of essays on education and other topics.
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