Two incompatible images of the material nature of human beings and of being human: Reframing the free will debate
Verbum et Ecclesia
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Two incompatible images of the material nature of human beings and of being human: Reframing the free will debate | |
| Creator | Craffert, Pieter F. | |
| Description | Recent debates about free will, especially in the neurosciences, have been central to the debate about what it is to be human. Two recent publications, one by Robert Sapolsky and the other by Kevin Mitchell, not only represent distinct views on free will and moral accountability, but they depart from different images of human beings and divergent framings of the puzzle. For Sapolsky, there is no free will and moral accountability because human beings are just biological machines, subject to the deterministic laws of nature that control all physical objects. Based on an evolutionary argument, Mitchell develops an image of living organisms as complex systems that display agency.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This free will debate not only results in distinct images of being human but also departs from divergent images of what a human being is. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2026-08-13 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ve.v47i1.3714 | |
| Source | Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 47, No 1 (2026); 7 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982 | |
| Language | eng | |
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