ACCIDENTS

SOME REASONING ABOUT BEHAVIOR, PUNISHMENT, AND A SURPRISING CONCLUSION

Authors

  • Tom Gillis Northeastern University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v15i1.1

Keywords:

belief, behaviour, fear, faith

Abstract

The author explores the idea that no behavior, even that of criminals, has any ultimate intentional basis, and that all decisions and beliefs occur by accident only.

Author Biography

  • Tom Gillis, Northeastern University

    Tom Gillis received a BSEE from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1968 and went on to work as a software engineer, writing computer diagnostics for GTE Sylvania in Needham Heights. In 1971 he became an atheist because he began to question the existence of moral guilt. With a strong trust in logic, he decided that this hypothesis might be provable and began the attempt. What he’s betting was a success happened early on, but it took him a long time to settle on the best approach to this subject so as to most effectively convince the reader. He also wanted to be as reasonably certain as he could that his idea was correct before publishing it anywhere.

References

Norretranders, Tor. 1998. The User Illusion (Chap: The Half-Second Delay). New York: Viking Press.

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Published

2013-10-09

Issue

Vol. 15 (2007)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Gillis, T. (2013). ACCIDENTS: SOME REASONING ABOUT BEHAVIOR, PUNISHMENT, AND A SURPRISING CONCLUSION. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism, 15(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1558/eph.v15i1.1