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Neuroscience vs. Free Will

Dec 28, 2006

We know it's supposed to be a light week, but that hasn't stopped The Economist from weighing in on problems of free will in light of modern neuroscience:

Without a belief in free will, an ideology of freedom is bizarre. Though it will not happen quickly, shrinking the space in which free will can operate could have some uncomfortable repercussions.

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