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SUMMARY:Consciousness and Free Choice - Prof Neil Levy (Philosophy\, Oxfor
 d/Melbourne) and Dr Aaron Schurger (Cognitive Neuroscience\, Lausanne) 
DTSTART:20150119T140000Z
DTEND:20150119T153000Z
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CONTACT:Gabriela Pavarini
DESCRIPTION:Chaired by Prof Jane Heal (Philosophy\, University of Cambridg
 e)\n\nAre human choices really free? Or are the rules that govern human de
 cisions analogous to those that define what side a coin will land? Is cons
 cious will necessary for moral responsibility? Prof Neil Levy and Dr Aaron
  Schurger open this term’s Moral Psychology Seminar Series with exciting
  philosophical and neurological insights into the fundamental questions of
  consciousness\, free will\, and their moral significance. \n\nAbout the p
 resenters:\n\nProf Neil Levy is an Honorary Fellow at the Florey Institute
  of Neuroscience and Mental Health as well as director of research at the 
 Oxford Centre for Neuroethics. He has published over one hundred papers on
  several topics in philosophy and ethics and is the author of Free Will an
 d Moral Responsibility\, Neuroethics: Challenges for the 21st Century amon
 g many others. \n\nDr. Aaron Schurger completed his Ph.D. under Prof. Jona
 than Cohen at Princeton and is currently a Senior Research Scientist at th
 e Brain-Mind Institute in Lausanne\, where he unravels the mystery of spon
 taneous self-initiated movement. His findings have been featured in promin
 ent journals including Science\, PNAS\, and BMC Neuroscience.  \n\nThis ev
 ent is part of a series of biweekly interdisciplinary debates in moral psy
 chology (http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/moral-psychology). \n\nOur
  future events include an interdisciplinary meet and greet and debates on 
 key contemporary issues in the field\, including empathy and moral nativis
 m. \n
LOCATION:Department of Psychology Lecture Theatre\, Downing Site
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