FREE WILL

The enhancement debate continues

Xavier Symons | 03 June 2017 | Comments

tags: enhancement, free will, human enhancement, moral bioenhancement, transhumanism

The latest edition of the Cambridge Quarterly takes stock of the enhancement debate.

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Physician assisted death versus palliative care

Xavier Symons | 24 January 2015 | Comments

tags: assisted suicide, autonomy, euthanasia, free will, physician assisted death

Why wait for the perfect public health system?

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The eternal return of the free-will debate: new psychological research

Xavier Symons | 23 February 2014 | Comments

tags: free will

A novel argument against free will from experimental philosophy is that a naïve belief in free will is founded upon a desire to blame and punish others.

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Make the world a better place. Take nice drugs.

Michael Cook | 02 February 2013 | Comments

tags: enhancement, free will, moral enhancement

Is moral bioenhancement the answer to the dark clouds gathering over the future of humanity?

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Responding to the Connecticut massacre

Michael Cook | 23 December 2012 | Comments

tags: free will, mental health, psychiatry

The massacre of 20 6 and 7-year-olds along with 6 staff at an elementary school in Connecticut is a ghastly tragedy. But what is the real issue?

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Maybe there is free will after all

Michael Cook | 17 August 2012 | Comments

tags: free will, neuroethics, neuroscience

The shuttlecock of free will has been batted back into the determinist court with a startling reinterpretation of a classic experiment.

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Is free will a myth or the foundation of law and order?

Michael Cook | 23 March 2012 | Comments

tags: free will, neuroscience

Some recent research in psychology suggests that when people disbelieve in free will, they are more inclined to act in antisocial ways. The Neuroskeptic blog has highlighted the work of a violent dissenter from this point of view.

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Helping judges understand neuroscience

Michael Cook | 07 August 2010 | Comments

tags: free will, law, neuroscience

Useful manual for lawyers

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A natural born killer

Michael Cook | 16 July 2010 | Comments

tags: determinism, free will, neuroscience

What makes one?

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More claims about non-existence of free will in major journals

Michael Cook | 09 July 2010 | Comments

tags: free will, neuroscience

We act without being aware of true reasons

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Free will an illusion, says noted US biologist

Michael Cook | 15 February 2010 | Comments

tags: free will, genetics, human nature

Reform of criminal law will be needed