Free Will

By: Sam Harris

Narrated by: Sam Harris

From the New York Times bestselling author of The End of Faith, a thought-provoking, "brilliant and witty" (Oliver Sacks) look at the notion of free will—and the implications that it is an illusion.

A belief in free will touches nearly everything that human beings value. It is difficult to think about law, politics, religion, public policy, intimate relationships, morality—as well as feelings of remorse or personal achievement—without first imagining that every person is the true source of his or her thoughts and actions. And yet the facts tell us that free will is an illusion.

In this enlightening book, Sam Harris argues that this truth about the human mind does not undermine morality or diminish the importance of social and political freedom, but it can and should change the way we think about some of the most important questions in life.

Brilliant

The most articulate, intellectually honest, and socially useful book I've read on the subject of free will.

Shake your World and then perhaps not

Excellent thought provoking and convincing discussion on free will ..read honestly and make up your mind

Will vs the perception of

This is a subject difficult to master since it concerns our consciousness: to reflect about our mind.

However, a number of queries are questions are similar to Stoicism.

Very interesting and thoughtful. A short book for a mysterious subject.

Freedom Rethought

From what we do know about biology, Sam is spot on. Logistically, this book makes total sense. As a functioning society we need to contemplate and really dive into the bodies nutritional landscape. Sam doesn't propose this topic in the book, but I'd hypothesize that we are making horrible decisions and acting very erratic and illogical due to nutritional deficiencies; that's not freedom!

It will leave you thinking for the rest of your li

the book is incredible short and compact and o think this is consequence of the subject itself. The subject in hand is really complex but incredibly simple and making an argument for it is not that complicated to articulate. I really like this book but it can feel repetitive at time but as I said that's because of the subject itself I just wish that Sam had used more scientific language and try to go a wider instead of deeper if that makes sense.