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Are we free?
Our choices have causes, from our history down to our very neurons; does any part of them truly depend on us — the part on which merit, fault and responsibility rest?
The verdict
You are a juror. The man seated before the court has committed an offence, and he admits it. But his lawyer pleads: a violent childhood, and an impulsiveness doctors trace to his brain, led him there; deep down, he says, his client could not have acted otherwise. The prosecutor replies that each of us, with our history and our leanings, is nonetheless answerable for our acts. The presiding judge turns to you. What weighs more, in your own mind?