NSCI 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Supreme Court Of Canada, Moral Responsibility, Nonperson

• School: McGill University
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NSCI 300
• Professor: Eric Racine

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Immanuel kant: autonomy thought to originate from his work. In kantian moral autonomy, we give the moral law to ourself moral law to ourself ; but live according to own principles and values: charles taylor"s quote. Joseph raz"s quote: but some kantian ideas do certainly transfer to conceptions of autonomy we"re working with now, autonomy is characteristic of persons (as rational agents) ; connection between the exercise of personhood and autonomy. If after deliberative reflection, i accept those beliefs, only then do they reflect my true self: avoiding (ii, agent must be free from external constraints. Joseph raz"s example of the man in the pit: man who fell in a pit. Roskies (2016) mentions hypomania, addictive behaviors, mood changes, hypersexual behavior. Also increases capacity for rational deliberation: but deafness can be considered as a linguistic identity (esp. by deaf communities, who can argue it"s a community).