{"product_id":"free-will-moral-responsibility-and-bruce-n-waller-9781793632647","title":"Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and the Desire to Be a God","description":"\u003cp\u003eFree Will, Moral Responsibility, and the Desire to be a God explores the hidden corridors of the moral responsibility system to discover why that system is so widely accepted and passionately defended. The moral responsibility system has obvious charms: it provides justification for our powerful strike-back motives, transforms selfishness into the virtuous defense of our justly deserved special benefits, draws a radical distinction between humans and the other species we exploit, and protects our nonconscious belief in a just world. Those charms notwithstanding, the resilience and endurance of the moral responsibility system indicates a hidden force that not only binds together the pieces of the system but also motivates our stubborn devotion to that system. That hidden force is a nonconscious desire to be a god: a desire that afflicts both believers and atheists, and that is almost universally denied (Nietzsche being a special exception). That desire can be found throughout the history of philosophy, from Aristotle to the present. It is also manifested in myths and a variety of religious practices and teachings. The breadth, power and harm of nonconscious \"apotheosis aspiration\" is the focus of this study.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce N. Waller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1793632642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781793632647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Bruce N. Waller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943081476351,"sku":"9781793632647","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1d0f0770-c8cc-449e-a8fd-4284788d7188.jpg?v=1681496107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/free-will-moral-responsibility-and-bruce-n-waller-9781793632647","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}