The Chains We Call Choice
A Critique of Freedom, Consciousness, and the Self-Deceiving Animal
The question is not whether you are free. The question is whether you can bear to find out.
About the work
A sustained philosophical critique of the assumptions that organize modern life—and the comfortable chains mistaken for the self.
The book examines free will, morality, God and secular replacements, the state, suffering, love, fame, death, responsibility, and self-deception. Its method is direct rather than consoling: make the chain visible, then leave the reader responsible for what the visibility demands.
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