Moral Psychology

Traditional philosophers approached the issues of free will and moral responsibility through conceptual analysis that seldom incorporated findings from empirical science. In recent decades, however, striking developments in psychology and neuroscience have captured the attention of many moral philosophers. This volume of Moral Psychology offers essays, commentaries, and replies...

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Traditional philosophers approached the issues of free will and moral responsibility through conceptual analysis that seldom incorporated findings from empirical science. In recent decades, however, striking developments in psychology and neuroscience have captured the attention of many moral philosophers. This volume of Moral Psychology offers essays, commentaries, and replies by leading philosophers and scientists who explain and use empirical findings from psychology and neuroscience to illuminate old and new problems regarding free will and moral responsibility. The contributors -- who include such prominent scholars as Patricia Churchland, Daniel Dennett, and Michael Gazzaniga -- consider issues raised by determinism, compatibilism, and libertarianism; epiphenomenalism, bypassing, and naturalism; naturalism; and rationality and situationism. These writings show that although science does not settle the issues of free will and moral responsibility, it has enlivened the field by asking novel, profound, and important questions.

Introduction——Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
1 Is Free Will an Illusion? Confronting Challenges from the Modern Mind Sciences——Eddy Nahmias
2 Mental Life and Responsibility in Real Time with a Determined Brain——Michael S. Gazzaniga
3 Can Neuroscience Resolve Issues about Free Will?——Adina L. Roskies
4 The Neural Code for Intentions in the Human Brain: Implications for Neurotechnology and Free Will——John-Dylan Haynes
5 Free Will and Substance Dualism: The Real Scientific Threat to Free Will?——Alfred R. Mele
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Introduction——Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
1 Is Free Will an Illusion? Confronting Challenges from the Modern Mind Sciences——Eddy Nahmias
2 Mental Life and Responsibility in Real Time with a Determined Brain——Michael S. Gazzaniga
3 Can Neuroscience Resolve Issues about Free Will?——Adina L. Roskies
4 The Neural Code for Intentions in the Human Brain: Implications for Neurotechnology and Free Will——John-Dylan Haynes
5 Free Will and Substance Dualism: The Real Scientific Threat to Free Will?——Alfred R. Mele
6 Constructing a Scientific Theory of Free Will——Roy F. Baumeister
7 The Freedom to Choose and Drug Addiction——P. Read Montague
8 Agency and Control: The Subcortical Role in Good Decisions——Patricia S. Churchland and Christopher L. Suhler
9 Evolutionary Insights into the Nature of Choice: Evidence from Nonhuman Primates——Ellen E. Furlong and Laurie R. Santos
10 A Social Perspective on Debates about Free Will——Victoria K. Lee and Lasana T. Harris
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