| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 589 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The General Structure of Criminal Law in Terms of Ascriptive Moral Principles -- Human Actions at the Root of Moral Wrongdoing and Criminal Law's Actus Reus -- Intention and Belief at the Root of Moral Culpability and Mens Rea -- Further Questions About the Basic Distinction Between Intention and Belief -- The Royal Road to the Criminal Law's Concept of the Psychology of Persons : The Insanity Defense -- The Challenging Data of Neuroscience and the Challenges Mounted From that Data -- The Libertarian, Fictionalist, and Compatibilist Responses to Hard Determinism -- Rescuing the Volitional Excuses from Compatibilism (The Overshoot Problem for Compatibilism) -- The Epiphenomenalist Challenge -- The Initiation of the Epiphenomenalist Challenge in the Work of Benjamin Libet -- The Limited Compatibilism of Epiphenomenalism with Responsibility -- The Reductionist Challenge -- "Nothing But a Pack of Neurons" -- Addiction, Responsibility, and the Potential Contributions of Neuroscience |
| Summary |
Mechanical Choices details the intimate connection that exists between morality and law: the morality we use to blame others for their misdeeds and the criminal law that punishes them for these misdeeds. This book shows how both law and morality presuppose the accuracy of common sense, a centuries-old psychology that defines people as rational agents who make honorable choices and act for just reasons. It then shows how neuroscience is commonly taken to challenge these fundamental psychological assumptions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal liability -- Philosophy
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Criminal psychology -- Psychological aspects
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Forensic neuropsychology.
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Free will and determinism.
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Law and biology.
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Personal Autonomy
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Forensic neuropsychology
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Free will and determinism
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Law and biology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190864002 |
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0190864001 |
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9780190864026 |
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0190864028 |
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9780190864019 |
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019086401X |
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