Walter Glannon 
Canada Research Chair in Medical Bioethics & Ethical Theory
University of Calgary, Canada
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Neuroscience, Free Will and Responsibility
Many cognitive neuroscientists have claimed that our knowledge of the brain shows that our belief in free will is an illusion. If true, this would challenge our practice of holding people morally and criminally responsible for their behavior. I argue that free will and responsibility are not threatened by, but are compatible with neuroscience.
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