Acclaimed psychologist Steven Pinker headlines the seventh annual MU Life Sciences & Society Symposium, March 19-20, 2011. This year’s theme is “Ethics & the Brain” and will feature leading researchers from neuroscience, law, psychology, philosophy, anthropology and theology.
For several decades now, neuroscientists have used technology to produce images of the brain in action. But what do such pictures tell us? Should they change the way we think about personal identity and free will? Can they reveal whether a person is capable of making moral decisions, or whether a person is telling the truth? The symposium will address these issues and more.
The symposium will take place on the MU campus. It is free and open to the public and is designed to encourage dialogue across methodologies and backgrounds.
For more information, visit the Life Sciences & Society Program website.