La science est-elle inhumaine?

Synopsis of La science est-elle inhumaine?

«La science est-elle inhumaine ?» is the essay by Henri Atlan, published by Bayard in paperback (85 pages, in French).

If science were to mechanically explain all our behaviors and decisions, would morality, responsibility and social life come to an end? Atlan argues not: rather than clinging to an illusory free will, he proposes building an ethics from the determinisms that science reveals, thinking about freedom differently.

The cover subtitle is «Essai sur la libre nécessité» and the book belongs to the collection Le Temps d'une question. 2002 edition.

For readers of philosophy of science and bioethics, with an interest in determinism, morality and free will.