Will neuroscience explain free will? Will science distinguish between right and wrong? Will morality be explained as an evolved trait under positive natural selection? On Sunday and Monday, March 30-31, 2008, the Center for the Study of Science and Religion at the Earth Institute, Columbia University, in collaboration with the Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo, Michigan, held a public symposium to discuss Neurosciences and Free Will at Columbia University. For two days, this program brought together leaders in the fields of neuroscience, physics, philosophy, psychology, and theology from a variety of religious traditions to discuss the scientific, philosophical, and moral questions raised by recent findings in the sciences on free will.
Session I--Free Will in the Natural World Sunday, March 30, 2008 Welcoming Remarks: Paul Gailey, Jeffrey Sachs Introduction/Moderation: Bob Pollack "The Volitional Brain": Darcy Kelly "I'm Not a Heretic, I'm a Pagan": David Helfand "Behavioral Genetics and Free Will": Paul Appelbaum«
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