Robert Sapolsky's 2023 argument that free will does not exist — that every thought and action is the product of prior biology and environment — and that accepting this should make us more compassionate, not less responsible.
Creates the most thorough popular case against free will — Determined systematically addresses every argument for free will (quantum mechanics, emergence, moral responsibility) from a biological perspective and then argues that accepting determinism should produce more compassion and less punishment-focused justice.
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