Grandest Illusion.Grandest Illusion Norman Haughness Echo Park Press PO Box 2222, Tehachapi, CA 93581 0975929917 $33.00 Grandest Illusion: The Seductive Myth of Free Will is an extensive philosophical treatise vehemently arguing against the concept of free will as it is popularly held. Instead, author Norman Haughness insists that human choices are fueled primarily by biological and environmental determinism Environmental determinism, also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism, is the view that the physical environment, rather than social conditions, determines culture. and conditioning, and that one's experiences growing up firmly shape one's choices far and beyond whatever "will" lies within. As a practical outcome of this theory, Grandest Illusion emphatically protests an American justice American Justice is an hour-long criminal justice program on the cable channel A&E Network, hosted by Bill Kurtis. The show features interesting or notable cases, such as the Scarsdale Diet doctor murder, the Hillside Stranglers, Selena Murder of a Star, Matthew Shepard, or the system that emphasizes retribution, incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. , and punishment over rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. and crime prevention, especially given the high recidivism recidivism: see criminology. rates of offenders and the effect prisons have of serving as "crime schools" where offenders learn more about crime from other offenders. Regardless of whether one agrees or disagrees with the philosophical, psychological, and behavioral principles discussed at length, Grandest Illusion remains overall a powerfully worded argument, and even those who would reject Haughness' conclusions cannot deny the value of his evidence. |
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