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Download or read book Freedom and Moral Responsibility written by Charles Harry Manekin and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents five new perspectives on the free will problem, and six interpretations of what Jewish thinkers of the past had to say about the problem. Topics include the concept of freedom that exists independently of a sense of self, arguments against the principle of alternative possibilities, the denial of free will in Hasidic thought, notions of choice held by Medieval Jewish and Islamic thinkers, and Maimonides' concepts of freedom and the sense of shame. Distributed by CDL Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR