The Moral Nature of a Voting Decision

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So far we don't have any that very the moral nature of her action. I suspect you'd only get higher ratings if it were a bad action just like we've seen in other studies. The only thing we do in this is we we have a variation where they're also able to manipulate her brain activity. And unsurprisingly, when you ask whether she votes of her own free will or whether she's responsible for her vote in the manipulation case, it goes down to, you know, 20% saying yes or less. So that's important because if nothing else, it shows that it's not that people will say someone has free will no matter what. They won't say it if you

Our streak of very special guests continues! Philosopher Eddy Nahmias joins the podcast to us why people mistakenly think they're not morally responsible, and how his new study casts doubt on Sam Harris's "pamphlet" on free will. Eddy also describes his new project (with Toni Adleberg and Morgan Thompson) on why women leave philosophy. Plus Dave and I discuss some reasons for having children, and eat a little Partially Examined Life crow.

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"Name five women in philosophy. Bet you can't." Tania Lombrozo, [npr.og]

"Do Women Have Different Philosophical Intuitions than Men?" Eddy Nahmias (philosophyofbrains.com)

"Is Neuroscience the Death of Free Will?' Eddy Nahmias. [nytimes.com]

Eddy on Bypassing [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Edd trashing Tamler's Book [agencyandresponsbility.typepad.com]

Special Guest: Eddy Nahmias.

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