FSHD PHIL 347 (All Accurately Answered)

Suppose a person's behavior suggest that they are morally responsible for some act, but a brain scan suggests that they aren't. How does Morse think the law should handle such as case? correct answers Rely on behavior: assign responsibility According to Greene and Cohen, the current legal system officially assumes which kind of account of free will: correct answers Compatibilist What is the fundamental psycho-legal error? correct answers The error made when people take neurological causes to be excuses Which of the following changes to the current legal system do Greene and Cohen think will take place? correct answers The legal system will become fully consequentialist Neuroscientific evidence concerning the differences between adolescent and adult brains was cited in the Supreme Court's written opinion in Roper v. Simmons. correct answers False Suppose that Paul has an underdeveloped pre-frontal cortex. Which of the following claims would Morse most likely reject? correct answers Paul is probably less responsible for his actions According to Greene and Cohen, the current legal system endorses a retributivist justification for punishment. In doing so, it assumes which kind of account of free will: correct answers Libertarian Which type of critique focuses on the questions of whether a defendant is conscious, intentional, or rational when committing a crime? correct answers Internal critique According to Greene and Cohen, what is the origin of the problem of free will and determinism? correct answers The conflict between "folk psychology" and "folk physics" Which of the following is most clearly a consequentialist justification for punishment? correct answers Punishing criminals deters future crime from being committed Carl leaves work early to pick up his son from school. Through no fault of his own, Carl's car breaks down on the highway, and he misses the pick-up. Which of the following best describes Carl's responsibility in this case? correct answers Carl is role responsible for picking up his son from school Lila has trouble sleeping and was prescribed Ambien. After taking the drug, she began sleepwalking, and one time she got into the car and ran over her neighbor's dog. Lila's "sleep driving" seems to violate which condition on morally responsible behavior? correct answers Control condition