Publication

2015-12-01 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

49,500 words, Guess

Page Count

198 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101137345241
  • ISBN-139781137345240
  • OCLC Control Number929988207
  • Better World Books9781137345240
  • Open LibraryOL28678919M

Classifications

  • LCCBF1-990BF201B53BF180
  • LCCBJ1461 .L54 2016

Description

"Chocolate ice cream or vanilla? A Ford or a Honda? When we make choices like these, our decisions feel free, but this book highlights research in psychology that reveals how powerfully our behaviour is determined, even when it feels free. It explores the fascinating evidence, including why we find some men and women more sexually attractive, why some become criminals or psychopaths, and even why some are more likely to believe in a god. The book concludes with a discussion of the profound -and sometimes counterintuitive- implications. If all behaviour is determined, for example, this might seem to leave us helpless in the face of the environmental and genetic forces that control us, but Lieberman argues that determinism potentially allows us greater control over our behaviour than free will, not less."

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Case Against Free Will: What a Quiet Revolution in Psychology has Revealed about How Behaviour is DeterminedHardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2015-12-01

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