Determined

A Science of Life Without Free Will

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Robert M. Sapolsky: Determined (2024, Penguin Random House)

English language

Published 2024 by Penguin Random House.

ISBN:
978-1-5299-2006-2
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3 stars (1 review)

5 editions

reviewed Determined by Robert M. Sapolsky

two or three very good chapters

3 stars

Lighter and more liberally uplifting than I expected, though not all strong, the late chapters on the shifts in society as we ceased to treat schizophrenia, epilepsy, etc as personal moral failings stand out. From mostly neuroscience cases and psych experiments lens pushes at any gaps for spontaneous decision making separable from our histories of a second, an hour, a year, a millennium. Then moves into implications for society, primarily our societal morality and justice system's injustices built on individual responsibility.

Subjects

  • Ethics
  • Social sciences, philosophy
  • Free will and determinism