Neurolaw - The Brain On The Stand http://aldoushuxley.yuku.com/topic/369/t/Neurolaw-The-Brain-On-The-Stand.html en-us Copyright 2006, Kickapps feeds@kickapps.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@kickapps.com (WebMaster) Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:31:05 GMT Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:58:29 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://kickapps.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://kickapps.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Neurolaw - The Brain On The Stand ]]> http://aldoushuxley.yuku.com/reply/11/t/Neurolaw-The-Brain-On-The-Stand.html#reply-11
There was an article in The Economist supporting the idea of morality being biologically inherent to humans as well as asking why.

I have not much to contribute beyond that, as this is an idea I've personally been struggling with for a number of years. I usually phrase in far more facile terms: "can we blame people for their natures?".

I'll be watching this thread closely. ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (tepid dishwater) http://aldoushuxley.yuku.com/sreply/11 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:58:29 PST <![CDATA[ Neurolaw - The Brain On The Stand ]]> http://aldoushuxley.yuku.com/topic/369/t/Neurolaw-The-Brain-On-The-Stand.html NY Times magazine article explores this issue. This is definitely an area of the justice system that needs to be monitored going forward. Here are two excerpts:
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The idea of holding people accountable for their predispositions rather than their actions poses a challenge to one of the central principles of Anglo-American jurisprudence: namely, that people are responsible for their behavior, not their proclivities for what they do, not what they think. Were going to have to make a decision about the skull as a privacy domain, Wolpe says. Indeed, Wolpe serves on the board of an organization called the Center for... ]]> feeds@kickapps.com (somaweb) http://aldoushuxley.yuku.com/topic/369 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:31:05 PST