This second edition of the best-known introduction to the great philosophical problem of determinism and freedom has been fully revised to take account of debates since the first edition was published. Ted Honderich argues for a particular resolution of the determinism problem, and in this new edition he raises some second thoughts about this -- further advancing the debate in this key area of moral philosophy.

Now with a new concluding chapter and a fully updated guide to further reading, this concise and lively introduction to free will and the problem of determinism is essential reading for all those interested in the great philosophical problem of what it is to be 'free'.