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How much free will do we really have in life?

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November 15, 2023 · 6:01 AM

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Leadership at Viterbo University in La

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Episode 116: It’s not very often that a book about philosophy has people talking, but the recent publication of “Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will” by Robert M. Sapolsky is an exception. The argument made by Sapolsky, a professor of biology of Stanford University, is remarkable simple: none of us are in control or responsible for the decisions we make. This is not, as you might think, because of a higher power — the author considers himself to be an atheist. Instead, he writes that