{"product_id":"free-will-moral-responsibility-and-the-desire-to-be-a-god-9781793632647","title":"Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and the Desire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Apotheosis Aspiration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Promiscuous Teleology and Apotheosis Aspiration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Self-Made Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Human Uniqueness, Miraculous Will Power, and Rational Godliness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: The System of Apotheosis Aspiration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Reductio ad Absurdum Defenses of the Apotheosis Aspiration System\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: The Perils of Apotheosis Aspiration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: The Cure for Apotheosis Aspiration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042663956823,"sku":"9781793632647","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/free-will-moral-responsibility-and-the-desire-to-be-a-god-9781793632647","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}