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Brain and Blame.

Morse1

  • 1University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry
|July 1, 1996
PubMed
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Legal responsibility hinges on rationality, not just behavior causation. Pathological conditions do not excuse actions, but a genuine incapacity for rational thought forms the basis for legal and moral excuse.

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Area of Science:

  • Law and Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Law
  • Criminal Responsibility

Background:

  • The legal concept of 'personhood' is central to understanding responsibility.
  • Existing legal frameworks often struggle with the interplay between biological causation and culpability.
  • Excusing conditions in law require careful examination beyond mere behavioral triggers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the legal concept of the person in relation to legal responsibility.
  • To investigate the role of causation, including pathological biological causation, as a potential legal excuse.
  • To establish the incapacity for rationality as the genuine basis for moral and legal excuse.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of legal and philosophical principles.

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  • Examination of the relationship between behavior, causation, and excuse.
  • Application of theoretical theses to a specific case study.

    • Main Results:

    • Causation of behavior, even when biologically pathological, is not inherently an excuse.
    • The incapacity for rationality is identified as the true foundation for legal and moral excuse.
    • The article applies these principles to the case of an individual with a subarachnoid cyst.

    Conclusions:

    • Legal and moral responsibility are fundamentally linked to the capacity for rationality.
    • Pathological conditions do not automatically negate responsibility; the ability to reason is paramount.
    • The case of Spyder Cystkopf illustrates the application of rationality-based excuse in legal contexts.