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April 8, 2015, 12:00 PM

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Law – particularly criminal law – is infused with moral judgment and calls upon prosecutors, judges, and and jurors to make morally-informed decisions. But where does morality come from? How do we "do" moral decision-making? Eexperimental philosopher and neuroscientist Fiery Cushman delivered a fascinating and provocative discussion of the current state of neuroscience research on morality. Dr. Cushman presented his computational models of learning and moral decision-making to describe how we learn what morality is within our own cultures, how we internalize moral rules, and how we make moral judgments about others. Amanda Pustilnik, Senior Fellow in Law and Applied Neuroscience at the Petrie-Flom Center and the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior at Massachusetts General Hospital, responded.

Part of the Project on Law and Applied Neuroscience.


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VIDEO: Amanda Pustilnik, Introduction

VIDEO: Fiery Cushman, Moral Decisions in the Law

VIDEO: Audience Q&A

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bioethics   criminal law   health law policy   neuroscience