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Moral Psychology: Historical and Contemporary Readings is the first
book to bring together the most significant contemporary and
historical works on the topic from both philosophy and psychology.
* Provides a comprehensive introduction to moral psychology, which
is the study of psychological mechanisms and processes underlying
ethics and morality * Unique in bringing together contemporary
texts by philosophers, psychologists and other cognitive scientists
with foundational works from both philosophy and psychology *
Approaches moral psychology from an empirically informed
perspective * Explores a wide range of topics from passion and
altruism to virtue and responsibility * Editorial introductions to
each section explain the background of and connections between the
selections
While most philosophers agree that intentional actions play an
important role in our ascriptions of responsibility, there is
disagreement concerning the precise nature of this role.
Unfortunately, there has traditionally been a dearth of empirical
data about ascriptions of intentional action. Lately, however,
researchers have begun filing in this empirical lacuna. In this
book, I discuss how this research sheds light on problems in action
theory, ethics, and legal philosophy. In doing so, I first set the
stage by discussing some of the problems traditionally associated
with the concept of intentional action before turning my attention
to recent research on the folk concept of intentional action.
Finally, I compare and contrast the folk concepts of intention and
intentional action with their legal counterparts. My goal is to
flesh out the extent to which these concepts diverge-a problem that
is particularly pressing given that in litigated cases involving
juries, jurors are often asked to judge whether the defendant acted
intentionally, purposely, and knowingly. This book is addressed to
philosophers and psychologists working at the intersection of folk
psychology and the law.
Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and Responsibility
brings together leading researchers from psychology and philosophy
to present new findings and ideas about human agency and moral
responsibility. Their contributions reflect the growth of research
in these areas over the past decade and highlight both the ways
that philosophy can be relevant to empirical research and how
empirical work can be relevant to philosophical investigations.
Mixing new empirical work with the meta-philosophical and
philosophical upshot of the latest research being done, chapters
cover motivated cognition and free will beliefs, folk intuitions
about manipulation and agency, mental control in assessments of
responsibility, the importance of skilled decision making to free
will judgments and the relationship between free will and substance
dualism. Blending cutting-edge research from philosophy with
methods from psychology, this collection is a compelling example of
the value of interdisciplinary approaches, contributing to our
understanding of the complex networks of attitudes, beliefs, and
judgments that inform how we think about agency and responsibility.
Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Free Will and Responsibility
brings together leading researchers from psychology and philosophy
to present new findings and ideas about human agency and moral
responsibility. Their contributions reflect the growth of research
in these areas over the past decade and highlight both the ways
that philosophy can be relevant to empirical research and how
empirical work can be relevant to philosophical investigations.
Mixing new empirical work with the meta-philosophical and
philosophical upshot of the latest research being done, chapters
cover motivated cognition and free will beliefs, folk intuitions
about manipulation and agency, mental control in assessments of
responsibility, the importance of skilled decision making to free
will judgments and the relationship between free will and substance
dualism. Blending cutting-edge research from philosophy with
methods from psychology, this collection is a compelling example of
the value of interdisciplinary approaches, contributing to our
understanding of the complex networks of attitudes, beliefs, and
judgments that inform how we think about agency and responsibility.
This volume makes a contribution to the field of neurolaw by
investigating issues raised by the development, use, and regulation
of neurointerventions. The broad range of topics covered in these
chapters reflects neurolaw's growing social import, and its rapid
expansion as an academic field of inquiry. Some authors investigate
the criminal justice system's use of neurointerventions to make
accused defendants fit for trial, to help reform convicted
offenders, or to make condemned inmates sane enough for execution,
while others interrogate the use, regulation, and social impact of
cognitive enhancement medications and devices. Issues raised by
neurointervention-based gay conversion "therapy", efficacy and
safety of specific neurointervention methods, legitimacy of their
use and regulation, and their implications for authenticity,
identity, and responsibility are among the other topics
investigated. Dwelling on neurointerventions also highlights tacit
assumptions about human nature that have important implications for
jurisprudence. For all we know, at present such things as people's
capacity to feel pain, their sexuality, and the dictates of their
conscience, are unalterable. But neurointerventions could
hypothetically turn such constants into variables. The increasing
malleability of human nature means that analytic jurisprudential
claims (true in virtue of meanings of jurisprudential concepts)
must be distinguished from synthetic jurisprudential claims
(contingent on what humans are actually like). Looking at the law
through the lens of neurointerventions thus also highlights the
growing need for a new distinction - between analytic jurisprudence
and synthetic jurisprudence - to tackle issues that increasingly
malleable humans will face when they encounter novel opportunities
and challenges.
Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
investigates the philosophical and scientific arguments for free
will skepticism and their implications. Skepticism about free will
and moral responsibility has been on the rise in recent years. In
fact, a significant number of philosophers, psychologists, and
neuroscientists now either doubt or outright deny the existence of
free will and/or moral responsibility-and the list of prominent
skeptics appears to grow by the day. Given the profound importance
that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility hold in our
lives-in understanding ourselves, society, and the law-it is
important that we explore what is behind this new wave of
skepticism. It is also important that we explore the potential
consequences of skepticism for ourselves and society. Edited by
Gregg D. Caruso, this collection of new essays brings together an
internationally recognized line-up of contributors, most of whom
hold skeptical positions of some sort, to display and explore the
leading arguments for free will skepticism and to debate their
implications.
Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
investigates the philosophical and scientific arguments for free
will skepticism and their implications. Skepticism about free will
and moral responsibility has been on the rise in recent years. In
fact, a significant number of philosophers, psychologists, and
neuroscientists now either doubt or outright deny the existence of
free will and/or moral responsibility-and the list of prominent
skeptics appears to grow by the day. Given the profound importance
that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility hold in our
lives-in understanding ourselves, society, and the law-it is
important that we explore what is behind this new wave of
skepticism. It is also important that we explore the potential
consequences of skepticism for ourselves and society. Edited by
Gregg D. Caruso, this collection of new essays brings together an
internationally recognized line-up of contributors, most of whom
hold skeptical positions of some sort, to display and explore the
leading arguments for free will skepticism and to debate their
implications.
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