It seems trendy these days to declare:“free will is an illusion”. We may feel like we're in
charge, like we–our selves–are capable of making deliberative decisions and choosing our …

Introduction: Moral judgement is an important component of adaptive social behaviour.
Harmful actions are usually associated with intense negative emotions and intuitively …

Theories of moral motivation often focus on how central moral concerns are to the individual
and the consistency of behaviour matching these concerns. Yet few people are consistently …

An Aristotelian conception of the will directs us towards the efficacy of the human intellect
and its deliberations and whether our reasons genuinely control the way we act in the world …

Since the dawn of time human beings have had to make decisions. Wise or foolish,
thoughtful or instinctive, altruistic or selfish, decision-making--from the most simple to the …

There is an increasing interest in understanding human behavior from a biological or
evolutionary point of view. I believe this perspective on human nature may help us improve …

The morality of human beings, defined as our ability to determine whether our actions are
right or wrong, depends not just on following rules but also on understanding the impact of …

Through the scientific study of human systems, one can model most activity as occurring on
physical, biological, psychological and cultural levels where the boundaries occur in …

The distinction between potentiality and actuality in Aristotle has its origin in Platonic ethics.
In his psychological and ethical works Aristotle's notion of potentiality is embedded in a …

Very late in his philosophical career, Friedrich Schelling gives a lecture on the principles of
philosophy in Berlin. He devotes a portion of his talk to what he calls “The Exhibition of the …