PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Embodied Cognition, Retributive Justice, Lyle And Erik Menendez
1 Sep 2016
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Jury nullification allows the jury to provide a verdict of not guilty if they believe it is not a morally upheld law. Still the same because you"re sacrificing 1 for 5. All events, including human action, are ultimately pre-determined by causes external to the will. All events have a cause, all effects are determined by a prior cause. Ben libet (1985) scanned participants brains while asking them to push a button. Brain activity increased before participants were aware of their decision to push the button. Brain decides >> person becomes aware of decision. Less than 5% of behaviors governed by conscious control (baumeister) But demonstrate that the belief in free will is selective. Make self-serving attributions about the causes of behavior. We tke credit of the positive things (free will), but not for our misdeeds and failures ( i had not choice , i was abused as a child ) What matters is whether we think we are making choices.
