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Richard Oerton condemns the illusion of free will as harmful in his second book investigating the false belief

Richard Oerton presents a strong case for his assertion that belief of free will is destructive, fostering incomprehension and cruelty.Criminals do not create their own criminality but – like the rest of us – are the products of a process in which their biological inheritances interact with their environmental experiences to make them the people they are.  And they behave as they do because they are the people they are. The erroneous belief that they have something called “free will” leads to the idea that they are “morally responsible” and so deserving of retributive punishment. In this

Richard Oerton condemns the illusion of free will as harmful in his second book investigating the false belief

Richard Oerton presents a strong case for his assertion that belief of free will is destructive, fostering incomprehension and cruelty.Following the success of his first book, described by New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris as ‘a wonderfully clear – and very clever – little book’, Richard presents a strong case for his assertion that belief of free will is destructive, fostering incomprehension and cruelty. He adds, “The belief persists because it seems to justify our urge to blame and to inflict suffering, but we close our eyes to the fact that we are all the products of

Richard Oerton condemns the illusion of free will as harmful in his second book investigating the false belief

Richard Oerton, who resides in Bridgwater, Somerset, presents a strong case for his assertion that belief of free will is destructive, fostering incomprehension and cruelty.Following the success of his first book, described by New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris as ‘a wonderfully clear – and very clever – little book’, Richard presents a strong case for his assertion that belief of free will is destructive, fostering incomprehension and cruelty. He adds, “The belief persists because it seems to justify our urge to blame and to inflict suffering, but we close our eyes to the fact

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