This review of Julian Baggini’s Freedom Regained and John Gray’s The Soul of the Marionette is published in the summer 2015 edition of New Humanist. From Tunisia to Tibet, from Russia to Kurdistan, from Syria to the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo – the quest for freedom is central to people’s lives, a quest so vital that many are willing to give their own lives to ensure its success.  For many intellectuals, however, freedom is but an illusion, a self-serving […]

Categories: Culture & Books, Human, Philosophy & Ethics, Science & Technology • Tags: determinism, free will, freedom struggles, gnosticism, human agency, john gray, julian baggini, materialism, morality, sam harris