Richard Oerton

Richard Oerton has had a career as a lawyer, working both at the Law Commission and in private practice, and has produced a number of legal and other books and articles. In retirement he has written two books denying the existence of what is called "free will" and questioning contemporary ideas about morality. Having been a member of the human race for 88 years, he now takes a last lingering look at its membership in general and sees much that has disappointed him - in them and, come to that,...See more

Richard Oerton has had a career as a lawyer, working both at the Law Commission and in private practice, and has produced a number of legal and other books and articles. In retirement he has written two books denying the existence of what is called "free will" and questioning contemporary ideas about morality. Having been a member of the human race for 88 years, he now takes a last lingering look at its membership in general and sees much that has disappointed him - in them and, come to that, in himself. See less