Blog Glob: "Book Explores The Threat Of Neuroscience To The Concept Of Free Will And Whether We're Truly In Control Of Our Actions"

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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 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 will become of free will and moral responsibility? In MY BRAIN MADE ME DO IT: THE RISE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND THE THREAT TO MORAL RESPONSIBILITY (Prometheus Books) author Eliezer J. Sternberg attempts to answer these thorny questions and more.

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