Philosophical Foundations of Neurolaw
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Philosophical Foundations of Neurolaw

  1. 233 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Philosophical Foundations of Neurolaw

About this book

As neuroscience continues to reveal the biological basis of human thought and behavior, what impact will this have on legal theory and practice? The emerging field of neurolaw seeks to address this question, but doing so adequately requires confronting difficult philosophical issues surrounding the nature of mind, free will, rationality, and responsibility. In The Philosophical Foundations of Neurolaw, Martin Roth claims that the central philosophical issue facing neurolaw is whether we can reconcile the conception of ourselves as free, rational, and responsible agents with the conception of ourselves as complex bio-chemical machines. Roth argues that we can reconcile these conceptions. To show this, Roth develops and defends an account of free will that identifies free will with the capacity to respond to rational demands, and he argues that this capacity is at the foundation of our thinking about responsibility. Roth also shows how the mind sciences can explain this capacity, thus revealing that a purely physical system can have the kind of free will that is relevant to responsible agency. Along the way, Roth critiques a number of arguments that purport to show that the kind of reconciliation provided is not possible. Roth concludes that though we should rethink our legal system in important ways, both in light of his account of free will and what neuroscience is poised to reveal, neuroscience does not threaten the law's core commitment to responsible agency.

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2017
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798216211778
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Criminal Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Philosophical Foundations of Neurolaw
  3. Philosophical Foundations of Neurolaw
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Two Images
  8. Chapter 2
  9. Fusion Confusion
  10. Chapter 3
  11. Spiderman, Doing Whatever a Spider Can
  12. Chapter 4
  13. What A Stupid I Am!
  14. Chapter 5
  15. Dasein Design
  16. Chapter 6
  17. Fusion Finalized
  18. Chapter 7
  19. Bad Brains
  20. Chapter 8
  21. fMRIs Are Watching You
  22. Chapter 9
  23. Does the Legal System Have a Diminished Capacity?
  24. Appendix
  25. References
  26. Index
  27. About the Author

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