My Brain Made Me Do It: Neuroscience and Free Will

My Brain Made Me Do It: Neuroscience and Free Will

Sheffield Salon September 2013 debate 'My Brain Made Me Do It' discusses the implications of neuroscience for the concept of free will and asks 'have neuroscience and evolutionary psychology put free will on the slab'? Can anyone be said to be responsible for their actions if they are predicted by neuroscience? Are we nothing more than our 'hard wiring' or are we still able to make choices despite our conditioning? http://www.sheffieldsalon.org.uk/cate...