Can Brain Scans Prove Criminals Unaccountable?

American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 5 (2):35-37 (2014)
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Leonard Berlin (2014) reports that neuroscientific data have been presented in court by lawyers wishing to argue that their clients have reduced or absent moral responsibility for their behaviour b...

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Neurobiology, neuroimaging, and free will.Walter Glannon - 2005 - Midwest Studies in Philosophy 29 (1):68-82.
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