Responsible Brains: Neuroscience, Law, and Human Culpability

by William Hirstein, Katrina L Sifferd, Tyler K Fagan, et al.

Book Overview

An examination of the relationship between the brain and culpability that offers a comprehensive neuroscientific theory of human responsibility.

When we praise, blame, punish, or reward people for their actions, we are holding them responsible for what they have done. Common sense tells us that what makes human beings responsible has to do with their minds and, in particular, the relationship between their minds and their actions. Yet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262549271
• ISBN13: 9780262549271
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher