My Brain Made Me Do It: The Rise of Neuroscience and the Threat to Moral Responsibility

by Eliezer J. Sternberg

Book Overview

As scientists continue to explore how the brain works, using ever more sophisticated technology, it seems likely that new findings will radically alter the traditional understanding of human nature. One aspect of human nature that is already being questioned by recent developments in neuroscience is free will. Do our decisions arise from purely mechanistic processes? Is our feeling of self-control merely an illusion created by our brains? If so, what...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616141654
• ISBN13: 9781616141653
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"