Many discoveries in neuroscience and social psychology cast doubt on the existence of free will. They show that people's actions are determined by social context and unconscious brain states. But doesn’t it follow from this that a person cannot make decisions for himself? And if so, if free will is an illusion, is it possible to hold other people responsible for behavior? In the book, the author defends modern compatibilist theory - the position according to which freedom and responsibility are compatible with modern scientific ideas about the structure of the world. In addition, it offers solutions to other philosophical puzzles related to freedom: the problems of personal identity and mental causation. This book is the result of many years of research by the author. Dmitry Borisovich Volkov – Doctor of Philosophy, co-director of the Moscow Center for the Study of Consciousness at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, author of the book “Boston Zombie: D. Dennett and his Theory of Consciousness” (2012).