The essays in this volume explore various issues pertaining to human agency, such as the relationship between free will and causal determinism, and the nature and conditions of moral responsibility.

• Builds on and extends some of the very best recent work in the field.
  
• Features lively and vigorous debate.
  
• Forges connections between abstract philosophical theorizing and applied work in neuroscience and even criminal law.

In this work, the author brings the book of Bereshit (Genesis) to life by his idiomatic, easily understood translation of the Masoretic text. Dr. Friedman takes many ancient Hebrew idioms and unfolds them and their significance for the reader. Additionally, the reader enters into the flow of the text through his commentary, one that is based on unique Jewish approaches to understanding this foundational biblical book. This translation is both scholarly and artistic; upholding the holiness of the text while casting new looks at it, as is done when assessing the life of Yakov (Jacob). There is...

In the fall of 1959, Harper's Magazine published a special supplement on the state of writing and the American literary scene. The supplement was greeted with a broadside of commendation and a fusillade of cavil. In this newly reissued volume in the Rutgers University Press Classics Imprint, Writing in America proves to be as stimulating as it was in 1960.

In the fall of 1959, Harper's Magazine published a special supplement on the state of writing and the American literary scene. It has since become recognised as the most useful brief survey of the contemporary state of the American writing arts. In this newly reissued volume, Writing in America proves to be as stimulating as it was in 1960.