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Neuroscience and Free Will

Katie Finley, April 2nd, 2011

A leading neuroscientist examines their relationship Does neuroscience undermine free will and moral responsibility?  This question formed the basis of Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s recent lecture to a packed auditorium in Geddes.  Armstrong is a member of the Kenan Institute for Ethics and professor of practical ethics at Duke University. A commonly held view of neuroscience is that it [...]

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