The promise of neuroscience for law : ‘overclaiming’ in jurisprudence, morality, and economics

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dc.contributor.authorPATTERSON, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorPARDO, Michael S.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-12T15:30:44Z
dc.date.available2016-09-12T15:30:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThis chapter considers the claims made on behalf of neuroscience in three areas: legal philosophy, emotion and moral judgment, and economics. It argues that reductionist claims made for the explanatory power of neuroscience are simply not demonstrated in these areas. Neuroscience, at least so far, tells us nothing of import in the area of legal philosophy. With respect to moral judgments, there are many interesting claims made about the roles of emotion, but there is no evidence that neuroscientific data about the brain provides answers to the difficult normative questions. Finally, even if neuroscience can tell where in the brain one finds the neural correlates of economic decisions, it is questionable whether this information answers any normative questions about rationality or economic reasoning.en
dc.identifier.citationDennis PATTERSON and Michael S. PARDO (eds), Philosophical foundations of law and neuroscience, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 231-247en
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198743095.003.0011
dc.identifier.isbn9780198743095
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/43226
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectLegal philosophyen
dc.subjectEmotionen
dc.subjectMoral judgmenten
dc.subjectEconomicsen
dc.subjectReductionist claimsen
dc.titleThe promise of neuroscience for law : ‘overclaiming’ in jurisprudence, morality, and economicsen
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