10 Facts About Bruce Waller

Bruce Waller was a contemporary American philosopher notable for his theories about the nature of free will and its implications for human society.

Bruce Waller was a philosophy professor at Youngstown State University from 1990 until he retired in 2019.

Bruce Waller argues that this current worldview is incorrect and should be examined critically.

Bruce Waller argues that belief in free will and moral responsibility brings a slew of problems, particularly a miserable world for the less fortunate.

Bruce Waller argues that this sense of free will, meaning freedom of choice without external constraint, is consistent with determinism, and his view has been gaining critical traction among scholars and in the media.

In contrast, Bruce Waller argues that jettisoning moral responsibility will not permit people to behave immorally or without any consideration of consequences; rather, he argues that a better world will result.

Bruce Waller disagrees, saying that apologies and regret are still consistent with a deterministic world.

Bruce Waller believes no one deserves harmful treatment, including convicted criminals, although he realizes that some people must be locked behind bars for pragmatic reasons of public safety.

Bruce Waller believes punishment should be minimized since it often backfires, and sometimes encourages subsequent harmful behavior.

Bruce Waller believes that an acceptance of determinism would bring about the positive outcome of making people less punishment-oriented and less retributive, and that human responses to the problem of crime would become more practical and beneficial overall.