Considering Free Will: Moral Responsibility
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 08:49
in Psychology & Sociology
In the last article we considered the formation of choices as providing a set of predetermined responses to various situations. It is this phase of data gathering and assessment that sets the groundwork for our moral responsibility. Specifically it is erroneous to consider that choices are evaluated and determined solely at the point of action, but rather, default states may well be set within the brain based on our training and indoctrination. It is these default states that represent the possibility of choices that we can base a decision on. read more