" The brain and its freedom
27.01. 2011 19:30 to 21:00
Implications of brain research for our self-image lecture by Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerhard Roth, Brain Research Institute, University of Bremen
No one is free. Do not balk at this assumption, few hackles. Finally, we decide each morning alone, whether we want to get up or not, what we have breakfast and whom we meet - we believe. But brain researchers scratching for years in this self-certainty: The free will is nothing more than an illusion.
One of the strongest critics of this discussion is Gerhard Roth. The PhD philosopher and a doctorate in biology moves into his lecture in the series "World Knowledge: The brain" conclusions from the findings of neuroscience. With theses adopted the Roth previous assumption of a free will. Instead, he highlights how human thinking, feeling and acting by genes, environment and development are defined. be
The far-reaching consequences for our justice system discuss: As our notions of guilt and responsibility so far require a free will, the paper argues for a change these terms and another dealing with offenders. The subsequent audience discussion bietet die seltene Möglichkeit, Fragen zu stellen und vis-a-vis mit Herrn Roth zu diskutieren" 
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