V. 37 N. 2 (2017): Etica, diritto e scienza cognitiva
Articles

What Neuroscience Will Tell Us About Moral Responsibility

Daniel C. Dennett
Tufts University

Pubblicato 2017-12-21

Parole chiave

  • determinism,
  • neuroscience,
  • legal responsibility,
  • moral responsibility,

Come citare

What Neuroscience Will Tell Us About Moral Responsibility. (2017). Teoria. Rivista Di Filosofia, 37(2), 21-24. https://doi.org/10.4454/teoria.v37i2.14

Abstract

The essay is a reflection on determinism, moral and legal responsibility and punishment from the perspective of neuroscience. The author argues that compatibilist free will gives us everything we need to be morally responsible and allows us to maintain a moderately retributivist line of thinking.