Commentary discusses behavioral genetics and how theories of free will affect moral and legal views.
The author presents a commentary on the trilogy of papers by Damien Morris entitled 'Behavioral Genetics and Human Agency: How Selectively Deterministic Theories of Free Will Drive Unwarranted Opposition to Behavioral Genetic Research and Undermine Our Moral and Legal Conventions', published recently in this journal [PMID 40457806, 40963213, 41107251]. In addition to commenting on this specific set of papers, the author offers a broader perspective and defense of the field of behavioral genetics.
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