Document Type
Article
Comments
Trends in Cognitive Sciences, forthcoming.
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.
Date of Authorship for this Version
7-19-2011
Keywords
Criminal law and responsibility, psychology, genetic research, the brain and behavior, human nature, mens rea, causation, excuse, genes, compatibilism and determinism, mental states
Recommended Citation
Morse, Stephen J., "Genetics and criminal responsibility" (2011). Scholarship at Penn Law. Paper 386.
http://lsr.nellco.org/upenn_wps/386
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