الوعي البشري بين الإرادة الحرة و مسئولية الإلتزام الخلقي

Abstract EN

Consciousness is now an exciting topic, and exciting recent developments in psychology have opened this field up to biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers.

The idea of patterns of human behavior due to factors beyond our conscious control has gained the ability to attract and renew interest in the ancient problem of free will.

To properly assess what these empirical developments can tell us about free will and moral responsibility, we first need to clarify the following questions: Is consciousness necessary for free will? If so, what role or function should the will play? For example, are individuals morally responsible for actions and behaviors that are performed automatically or without conscious control or direction? Are they morally responsible for actions, judgments, and attitudes that result from implicit biases or situational features of their surroundings that they are not aware of? Clarifying the relationship between consciousness and free will is imperative if we are to evaluate the various arguments for and against free will.