Author: Thomas W. Clark
Thomas W. Clark is the director and founder of the Center for Naturalism (www.naturalism.org) and the author of numerous articles.
Freedom from Free Will
In “Without Free Will” (Free Inquiry, August/September 2009), Tibor Machan paints a dire picture of what we lose if we don’t have free will. But his imaginings are unfounded. He’s right that most philosophers, many scientists, and even law professors doubt that we have contra-causal free will: that we transcend causality in some respect and …