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FREE WILL
The latest edition of the Cambridge Quarterly takes stock of the enhancement debate.
Why wait for the perfect public health system?
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.
Is moral bioenhancement the answer to the dark clouds gathering over the future of humanity?
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?
The shuttlecock of free will has been batted back into the determinist court with a startling reinterpretation of a classic experiment.
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.
Useful manual for lawyers
What makes one?
We act without being aware of true reasons
Reform of criminal law will be needed
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