Criminal law abolitionists claim that legal punishment cannot be morally justified and that we
should therefore abolish criminal law. While this is still a minority position in the current …

Our worldview assumes that people are morally responsible. Our emotions, beliefs, and
values assume that a person is responsible for what she thinks and does, and that this is a …

John Martin Fischer has recently critiqued the skeptical view that no one is ever morally
responsible for their actions in the basic desert sense and has defended a view he calls …

Artificial intelligences (AIs) are becoming increasingly complex and impressive. In some
cases they are now surpassing human abilities at cognitive tasks. These AI systems learn …

This chapter outlines six distinct reasons for rejecting retributivism, not the least of which is
that it is unclear that agents possess the kind of free will and moral responsibility needed to …

Michael S. Moore defends the ideas of free will and responsibility, especially in relation to
criminal law, against several challenges from neuroscience. I agree with Moore that morality …