Free Will: Does it Exist? Does it Matter? (21)
Is free will just an illusion? Determinism implies that human beings have no real choices. If so, then moral philosophy and ethics have no basis. Here are excerpts from a debate between a theist (Dr. Dennis Sullivan, Cedarville University) and an atheist (Dr. William Provine, Cornell University).
Sources:
Robert Kane: A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will (2005, Oxford University Press)
Derk Pereboom: Living Without Free Will (2001, Cambridge University Press)
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