Richard Holton (MIT), 'Determinism, Self-Efficacy and the Phenomenology of Free Will' to be held in the Lecture Room, 10 Merton Street, Oxford, 11:02:08, 04:30 pm - 06:30 pm
Some recent studies have suggested that belief in determinism tends to undermine moral motivation: subjects who are given determinist texts to read become more likely to cheat or to go in for vindictive behaviour. One possible explanation is that people are natural incompatibilists, so that convincing them of determinism undermines their belief that they are morally responsible.
I suggest a different explanation, and in doing so try to shed some light on the phenomenology of free will. I contend that one aspect of the phenomenology is our impression that maintaining a resolution requires effort—an impression well supported by a range of psychological data.
For more information see the Seminars in Moral Philosophy webpage
There's also a paper inregard to this talk online here.
Posted by: Michael Hill
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