A new book by a Stanford neurobiologist offers a jarring proposition: that humans do not have free will and thus cannot be considered morally responsible for our actions. In “Determined: A Science of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A human brain on display at the Museum of Neuroanatomy at the University at Buffalo. Some researchers contend that neurobiology ...

There is too much daylight between the current courses and an explicitly “moral” requirement. The fact that “moral” can be a ...

Harry Frankfurt, professor of philosophy, emeritus, renowned for his scholarship on free will and moral responsibility, died from a number of causes, including congestive heart failure, at a care ...

You’re walking fast, late for work. The line into the subway is barely moving. A man is walking very slowly, holding up everyone behind him. You’re annoyed. And then you catch a glimpse of him. He’s ...