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29 Oct 2016, 6:43 am
My name is Andrew Vierra, and I am a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Hamburg Department of Law [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 9:42 am
Just wanted to thank our recent guest bloggers, Andrew Vierra and Nada Gligorov, for enriching this space [read post]
4 Aug 2015, 3:37 am
(Thanks to Andrew Vierra for the pointer.) [read post]
8 Jun 2016, 3:36 am
(Thanks to Andrew Vierra for the pointer.) [read post]
17 Aug 2016, 12:18 pm
"Psychopathy, Mental Time Travel, and Legal Responsibility" by Andrew Vierra has been published [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 12:37 pm
Last week I wrote about the DSM-5’s criteria for diagnosing individuals with psychopathy (or ASPD). The key point was that the DSM-5 defined psychopathy in terms of behaviors. Individuals who had (e.g.) repeatedly broken the law and pathologically lied could... [read post]
7 Nov 2016, 6:47 am
Imagine Robert is on trial for committing a series of gruesome murders. He tortured several people to death, and he shows no remorse for his actions. Neuroscientists scan his brain to determine the cause of Robert’s emotional deficits—e.g. his lack... [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 9:37 am
When someone offers to turn a gay person straight, what they offer is called "conversion therapy." One example of conversion therapy is "Pray the gay away." These four words express both a normative claim about what some people should do... [read post]
4 Nov 2016, 3:27 am
In a recent interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” David Plouffe told host Chuck Todd “we have a psychopath running for president. I mean, he meets the clinical definition, OK?" Todd responded by asking if it's fair to diagnose people... [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 3:06 am
In a recent presentation at the Society for Christian Philosophers, Richard Swinburne (Oxford) argued that homosexuality—i.e. exclusive, erotic, attraction to members of the same-sex—is a disability that ought to be eliminated. Towards this end, he suggested that we should “encourage... [read post]
