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Free Will in Montaigne, Pascal, Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire and Sartre (Hardcover, New edition)
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Free Will in Montaigne, Pascal, Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire and Sartre (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures, 209
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Free Will in Montaigne, Pascal, Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire and
Sartre takes the reader on a journey through the corridors of time
to explore the evolution of thought regarding free will. The
arguments and works presented in this volume raise critical and
timeless issues for ethicists, the criminal justice system and the
responsible citizen. Montaigne held that humans can break out of
the determinist confines of their given cultures and acquired
habits by employing reason, welcoming change and promoting
education. In The Nun, Diderot chronicles portraits of pathology,
records symptoms and leaves it up to the reader to decide whether
the unfortunate victims are products of nature, nurture or both.
Rousseau thought that civilized man, having joined society,
surrenders his free will to the general will to enjoy protection of
his person, family and property. Sartre, an indeterminist, averred
that since humans have the capacity to be self-reflective, they can
exercise creativity with regard to who and how they choose to be
from moment to moment. Freud observed that we are marionettes whose
strings are commandeered by various realms competing for dominance
- the conscious and subconscious; id, ego and superego. Bernays,
Freud's nephew, employed psychoanalytic theory as a tool to advise
corporations how to entice the public to purchase their products
when confronted with a range of choices. This book opens the door
to lively classroom discussion on moral issues. French literature,
philosophy, psychology and political science classes will find it
an invaluable source presenting a wealth of views on free will.
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