Tamler and David discuss whether giving up our belief in free will makes us more likely to abandon our moral standards.
Links “You Can’t Handle the Truth!” )
Jesse Bering “Scientists say free will probably doesn’t exist, but urge: “Don’t stop believing!”) Excellent accessible description of the Vohs and Schooler study that we discuss.
Tamler’s blog post in Psychology Today criticizing the pessimistic views of Smilansky and Vohs and Schooler: "No Soul? I can live with that. No free will? Aaahhhh!)".
“Eat the poo-poo.” “Like ice cream…”)
Josh Knobe on free will and experimental philosophy).
Tamler's dialogue on some of the problems with current experimental work on free will: "Free Will and Experimental Philosophy: An Intervention.")
“I want him dead! I want his family dead!”)
Uhlmann, Zhu, Pizarro & Bloom “Blood is Thicker: Moral Spillover Effects Based on Kinship”)
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