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February 14th, 2012

Neuroscience, Responsibility, and the Law

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Forum for Philosophy

February 14th, 2012

Neuroscience, Responsibility, and the Law

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Estimated reading time: 10 minutes

Roger Brownsword/ Neil Levy/ Sir Michael Rutter

 


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The prospects for our understanding of the brain and the development of psychopathologies are steadily increasing. What does this mean for the way we think about criminality and responsibility? Could developments in the neurosciences change our understanding of morality? Could they lead to changes in our legal system? If so, what might these changes look like?

 

Speakers
Roger Brownsword
Professor of Law, King’s College London
Neil Levy
Deputy Director, Oxford Centre for Neuroethics & Head of Neuroethics, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, University of Melbourne
Sir Michael Rutter
Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, King’s College London.

Chair
Kristina Musholt
LSE Fellow, Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method & Deputy Director, Forum for European Philosophy

 

Recorded on 14 February 2012 at the LSE

 

 

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