Genetics and Criminal Responsibility

Morse, Stephen

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Genetics and Criminal Responsibility

Stephen Morse

University of Pennsylvania Law School

July 19, 2011

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Forthcoming
U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-34

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.

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Keywords: Criminal law and responsibility, psychology, genetic research, the brain and behavior, human nature, mens rea, causation, excuse, genes, compatibilism and determinism, mental states

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Date posted: August 24, 2011

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Morse, Stephen J., Genetics and Criminal Responsibility (July 19, 2011). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Forthcoming; U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 11-34. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1915303

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