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The Devil Made Me Do It: The law recognizes many types of excuses for criminal behavior. What do you think should distinguish a legitimate excuse from an illegitimate one? Freedom and Foreknowledge: If God knows the future, can we have free will? Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom Omniscience
and Freedom: A Case for the Opposition Legitimate Defenses: Could a traditional compatibilist accept as legitimate far-out legal defenses claiming that the agent's actions were out of his control ? Are We Puppets or Free Agents The Twinkie Defense Diminished capacity as opposed to not guilty by reason of insanity The Book of Life: Suppose a perfect predictor super wrote a book chronicling every moment of your life. Could you do otherwise than what is written? Free Will John
Calvin: On Predestination (http://www.reason.com/news/show/34975.html) Report by Ronald Bailey from Reasononline on the neurological sources of violence.Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Programs for Criminal Offenders (http://ebpexchange.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/efffects-of-cognitive-behavioral-programs-for-criminal-offenders/) Report from the University of Maryland School of Social Work on the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy on criminals.Faking Free Will: Does the fact that the belief in hard determinism leads to immoral behavior count against hard determinism? The Value of Believing in Free Will (http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/assets/91974.pdf) Article by Vohs and Schooer on howbelief in determinism increases cheating.Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You Don't (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/science/02free.html?ei=5090&pagewanted=all) Report by Dennis Overbye of the New York Times on current controversies regarding free will.Prosocial Benefits of Feeling Free: Disbelief in Free Will Increases Aggression and Reduces Helpfulness (http://psp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/35/2/260) Article by Baumeister, Masicampo, and DeWall on the negative effects of belief in determinism. Defending Determinism: Is determinism self-refuting? Materialism is Self-refuting Genetic Cleansing: Should we use genetic engineering to alter our psychological make-up? BLTC Research Council for Responsible Genetics Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers (http://artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/people/sorensen/PAPERS/Future%20law.pdf) Article by Roy Sorenson on the perils and potential of prepunishment.Guilty Minds and Pre-Crime: Is having a guilty mind—an intent to commit a crime—enough to lock someone up?The brain scan that can read people's minds (http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/feb/09/neuroscience.ethicsofscience) Report by Ian Sample from The Guardian on the brain scan that reads intentions.Brain scan can read your intentions (http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2007/03/brain-scan-can-read-your-intentions.html) Research report on the new brain scanning technologies.Brain imaging and courtroom evidence (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1301112) Article by Neil Fegenson in the International Journal of Law on the admissibility of brain scans as evidence.Neuroimaging and Capital Punishment (http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/neuroimaging-and-capital-punishment) Report by Carter Snead in the New Atlantis on the use of brain scans in courts of law.Religious Cults: Could a compatibilist claim that those who join religious cults have lost their free will?Allegations of brainwashing by new religious movements (http://www.religioustolerance.org/brain_wa.htm) Exploration of the claim that religious cults engage in brainwashing.Coercive persuasion (brainwashing), religious cults, and deprogramming (http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/136/3/279) Article by JT Ungerleider and DK Wellisch in the American Journal of Psychiatry on the effects of deprogramming on cult members.Brainwashing, thought control, and the cults (http://www.culthelp.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=6) Article from the Cult Awareness and Information Center on brainwashing.Mind Control (brainwashing) (http://skepdic.com/mindcont.html) Article by Robert Carroll from his Skeptic's Dictionary on brainwashing. Newcomb's Paradox: Consider the deal described on page 188. Would you choose option (1) or option (2)? Quantum Solution to Newcomb's Paradox Brain Stimulation: Should we directly stimulate people's brains to affect their behavior? Electro-stimulation of the Brain: A History Physical Control of the Mind The Orgasmic Brain The Mind Stealers Jose Delgado Wireheading Hedonism Doctor Discovers the Orgasmatron The Battle for your Brain George Orwell meets the Matrix Brain Scanning: Don't Even Think About Lying Brainwashing: Can someone who has been effectively brainwashed act freely? Mind Control The Return of the Brainwashing Defense Mind
Control Project MKULTRA Brainwashing victims win cash award The Willing Bank Teller: According to Frankfurt, would a bank teller who turned over money to a bank robber act freely? Is Free Won't Enough for Free Will?The neuroscience of free will(http://www.searchingforspirit.org/TheNeuroscienceofFreeWill/tabid/70/Default.aspx) Article by Chris Lind exploring the implications of Libet's experiment.Endogenous Inhibition and the Neural Basis of "Free Won't" (http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/27/51/13919) Article by Giovanni Mirabelli in the Journal of Neuroscience on Free Won't Libet's Experiment: Does Libet's delay show that free will is an illusion? Benjamin Libet - a short delay Free Will Starts ... Now Free Will and Free Won't Self-consciousness and Free Will: Is it possible for a self-conscious being not to have free will? Human Thinking Free Androids: Could a computer have free will? Free Will--Even for Robots Flesh, Robots,
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