25 Aug Genetics & Human Agency Annual Meeting
Genetics & Human Agency held its annual meeting at the University of Virginia on May 11 and 12, 2017. Presentations based on research funded by the GHA covered genomics, gene-environment interplay, agency, and genetic determinism, among other topics. The research combined empirical science with a philosophical approach to behavior genetics, placing particular emphasis on human agency and personal responsibility. Presentations can be viewed following the links below.
Fortune’s Favor: Implications of Behavioral Genetic
Research for Distributive and Retributive Justice
Paige Harden and Carmela Epright
An adoption study of human agency
Matt McGue
Free will and determinism: an adoption study
James Lee and Matt McGue
Nurturing our Better Nature: Parsing the Roles of Heredity, Environment, and Volitional Cognitive Processes in Moral Character Development
Eugenia Gorlin
Simulating Models of Development Under Plausible Gene-Environment Interplay
Daniel Briley and Jaime Derringer
Genetic Essentialist Biases of Judges Towards Offenders with Mental Disorders: The Exacerbation of Stigma and Potential Influences on Judicial Decisions
Colleen Berryessa
What is the Coherence Problem for GWAS? And what would a solution look like?
Carl Craver
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