Tag: crime
On Free Choice, Consider the Compatibilist Option
Jerry Coyne thinks that criminals don’t have a “choice.” (What are those quotation marks doing there?)
Jerry Coyne and the Consequences of Denying Free Will
Without free will, there is no guilt and there is no innocence. There are merely animals to be managed.
Free Will Denial and PreCrimes
If we treat criminals the way we treat natural disasters — as physical events without moral culpability — the pragmatic approach is preemption as well.
The Story of Mark van Dongen
This is an awful story but it shows how the assisted suicide movement greatly harms the culture and despairing individuals at their times of greatest vulnerability.
Bad Design Inferences Can Land Innocent People in Jail
Forensic analysis is ripe for abuse if scientists are careless with the design filter.