Are You Morally Responsible?

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i think free will doesn't exist because i think free will has refered to a doctrine that doesn't exist. Some people who think, some determinist like like dan dennett, say free will does exist, we just have wrong ideas about it. But is morea responsibility compatible with determine? I don't know. We all of these sort of folk psychological notions, although we're some were mistaken in part about them. The question is whether you can deserve blame for the res ults are the products of that reasoning. It's not hard to see the psychological distinction between the cold blooded planning of a mafia hit man and the bizarre actions of a paranoid skitza phranic

Can a fully determined creature deliberate? How big a role does conscious reasoning play in moral judgment and everyday life? Are we responsible for our thoughts and actions? Paul Bloom rejoins us against his better judgment to discuss his book "Just Babies" and his recent article in The Atlantic that set the internet on the fire and riled up the likes of Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne. Plus, what's the difference (if any) between getting into a Star Trek transporter and getting an axe to the head, and why does David know so much about boy bands?

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