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Phi 2394b
Week 7Joshua Greene & Jonathan Cohen
2004:
For the law, neuroscience chanesnothin an! e"er#thin
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Free Will "s% eter$inis$
'(ree will) * ca+acit# o( rational aents to choose a
course o( action (ro$ a$on "arious
alternati"es i%e% hu$an actions can o $an# !ierent
wa#s
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Free Will "s% eter$inis$
'(ree will) * ca+acit# o( rational aents to choose a
course o( action (ro$ a$on "arious
alternati"es i%e% hu$an actions can o $an# !ierent
wa#s
'!eter$inis$) * theor# about the uni"erse: all e"ents
are necessitate! b# antece!entcon!itions toether with the laws o(
nature
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Free Will "s% eter$inis$
-ra!itionall#, '(ree will) is !escribe!as the abilit# to !o otherwise i%e% an action is a result o( (ree will onl#
in cases in which !ierent actions coul!ha"e occurre!
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Free Will "s% eter$inis$
-ra!itionall#, '(ree will) is !escribe!as the abilit# to !o otherwise i%e% an action is a result o( (ree will onl#
in cases in which !ierent actions coul!ha"e occurre!
eter$inis$ is wi!el# taken to rule
out (ree will as !e.ne! this wa# /( the uni"erse is a !eter$inistic s#ste$,
an! hu$ans are +art o( the uni"erse,then there are ne"er an# alternati"es tohu$an actions
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ow is this rele"ant to thelaw1
Free will is rele"ant to the lawbecause ha"in (ree will is wi!el#taken to be criterial (or $oral
res+onsibilit# i%e% i( an action is not the result o( (ree
will, it is not an action (or which a
+erson shoul! be hel! res+onsible
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ow is this rele"ant to thelaw1
Free will is rele"ant to the law becauseha"in (ree will is wi!el# taken to becriterial (or $oral res+onsibilit# i%e% i( an action is not the result o( (ree will,
it is not an action (or which a +ersonshoul! be hel! res+onsible
*lthouh $oral an! leal res+onsibilit#are !istinct, the# o"erla+%
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ow is this rele"ant to thelaw1
Free will is rele"ant to the law becauseha"in (ree will is wi!el# taken to becriterial (or $oral res+onsibilit#
i%e% i( an action is not the result o( (ree will, itis not an action (or which a +erson shoul! behel! res+onsible
*lthouh $oral an! leal res+onsibilit#
are !istinct, the# o"erla+% i%e% the treat$ent o( con"icts is su++ose! to
be !eser"e!
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etributi"is$
'etributi"is$) is the link between$oral an! leal res+onsibilit# /t is a central issue in $oral +hiloso+h#:
it is the "iew that so$e hu$an actions!eser"e to be +unishe!rewar!e!
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etributi"is$
'etributi"is$) is the link between$oral an! leal res+onsibilit# /t is a central issue in $oral +hiloso+h#:
it is the "iew that so$e hu$an actions!eser"e to be +unishe!rewar!e!
etributi"is$ is a wa# o( usti(#in
the +unish$ent o( cri$inals i%e% it is ok to +unish cri$inals because
the# !eser"e it
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/s the leal s#ste$retributi"ist1
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/s the leal s#ste$retributi"ist1
Greene an! Cohen clai$ that it is: 5We obser"e that the co$$on6sense
a++roach to $oral an! leal
res+onsibilit# has conseuentialistele$ents, but is larel# retributi"ist%8+% 77;?- ha"e (ree will, an! thus !o >?-!eser"e +unish$ent
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ow !o we et to a non6retributi"e
ustice s#ste$1
-his is where neuroscience co$es in: Green an! Cohen arue that i( cri$inal
+unish$ent is su++ose! to be
so$ethin !eser"e!, then cri$inalsbetter ha"e (ree will
-he# +re!ict that neuroscience wille"entuall# +ersua!e +eo+le that +ersons!o >?- ha"e (ree will, an! thus !o >?-!eser"e +unish$ent
-his will result in sini.cant chanes to
the ustice s#ste$
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ow !o we et to a non6retributi"ist
ustice s#ste$1
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ustice s#ste$1
5-he net eect o( this in@uA o( Bneuro6scienti.c in(or$ation will be a reection o((ree will as it is or!inaril# concei"e!, withi$+ortant ra$i.cations (or the law D with thereection o( co$$on6sense conce+tions o((ree will co$es the reection o( retributi"is$
an! an ensuin shi(t towar!s aconseuentialist a++roach to +unish$ent, i%e%one ai$e! at +ro$otin (uture wel(are ratherthan $etin out ust !eserts%8 +% 77E