Ultimate freedom

• Verfasst von: Lehrer, Keith [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Ultimate freedom
• Titelzusatz: beyond free will
• Verf.angabe: Keith Lehrer
• Verlagsort: New York, NY
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online
• Fussnoten: Also issued in print: 2024. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 1, 2023)
• ISBN: 978-0-19-769505-0
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780197695029.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Psychology
• Sach-SW: Psychology
• K10plus-PPN: 1860493696
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Freedom of choice is the subject. 'How dare you!' challenged Greta Thunberg. The members of the climate summit had freedom of choice to act on the scientific evidence she presented rather than on personal desire. What is the difference between acting on desire and acting on what you prefer because of scientific acceptance? There is a form of preference that is an ultimate explanation of choice. In this book it is called a power preference. It is a preference that loops back on to itself, a fixed-point vector, and suffices to explain human agency. The power preference includes scientific explanation and is compatible with determinism.