In this episode of The Yaron Brook Show, originally airing on May 28, 2016, guest host Don Watkins examines an article in The Atlantic on the “scientific” case against free will. Specifically, Don discusses:

• The “scientific” argument against free will

• The nature and evidence of free will

• Why many, especially scientists, are biased against free will

• How this discussion relates to the inequality debate

Other resources:

• A Brief History of the Concept of Free Will by Ben Bayer

• Free Will and Values by Harry Binswanger

• How We Know by Harry Binswanger

• “Breaking the Metaphysical Chains of Dictatorship: Free Will and Determinism in Anthem” by Onkar Ghate in Robert Mayhew’s Essays on Ayn Rand’s “Anthem”

• “A Being of Self-Made Soul” by Onkar Ghate in Allan Gotthelf and Gregory Salmieri’s A Companion to Ayn Rand

• “We the Living: Ayn Rand’s Anti-Egalitarian Novel” by Don Watkins