On Determinism and Freedom

Determinism comes in many forms, some confused, some inconsistent, and some incomplete. Many philosophers maintain that determinism is incompatible with true freedom, while others believe that it represents no threat to our freedom. But are these philosophers really assigning us an "unfreedom" and merely pretending that we are responsible for our choices and acts of love and violence?

Ted Honderich argues that there are strong reasons to think both positions wrong. Developing from where his earlier work left off, he considers a new and more difficult problem of determinism: it too can lead to the thought that we are unfree but morally responsible. As he demonstrates, the hardest and deepest question in philosophy needs a different answer.