Bøker av Richard Oerton

Did Myra Hindley deserve to be punished? Does any criminal? Is belief in free will an essential foundation for morality, or an excuse for unwarranted cruelty? Is free will a myth and, if so, can we let go of it?

The book argues that the human race, at this stage of its evolution, is mired in its own savagery, delusion and incomprehension. We reject important realities about ourselves and our existence because it would be unbearable to accept them. Our species would be all the better if it were to face up to these realities.

Following on from the success of The Nonsense of Free Will, The Cruelty of Free Will takes up where the earlier book left off. It sets to answer two questions - why - and how - does free will belief persist so stubbornly?