Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-19-2011

Abstract

Some believe that genetics threatens privacy and autonomy and will eviscerate the concept of human nature. Despite the astonishing research advances, however, none of these dire predictions and no radical transformation of the law have occurred.

Keywords

Criminal law and responsibility, psychology, genetic research, the brain and behavior, human nature, mens rea, causation, excuse, genes, compatibilism and determinism, mental states

Publication Title

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Publication Citation

15 Trends in Cognitive Sciences 378 (Sept. 2011).

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