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Michael shermer: How do we reason carefully? Why should we trust reason? What is truth? Is knowledge possible? When can we trust testimony? Is faith ever rational? Do our souls make us free? Well, that's the subject of to day's podcastom introduced in to access the great courses plus. That'll get you a 20 % discount on the annual subscription rate,. which comes out to about, i think it was 30 bucks off a year, plus a free trial.

The concept of free will is profoundly important to our self-understanding, our interpersonal relationships, and our moral and legal practices. If it turns out that no one is ever free and morally responsible, what would that mean for society, morality, meaning, and the law? Just Deserts introduces the concepts central to the debate about free will and moral responsibility by way of an entertaining, rigorous, and sometimes heated philosophical dialogue between two leading thinkers.