Experimental Philosophy of Law: Biases in Mens Rea Attribution & How to Address Them

This colloquium talk is planned as an in-person event. Registration is only required for non-CEU members. 

ABSTRACT

In this talk I aim to do three things: First, I'll briefly introduce the new subdiscipline of Experimental Philosophy of Law. Second, I will explore legal conceptions of certain inculpating mental states (mens rea), in particular intention and negligence. To do so, I’ll  show how experimental philosophy of law can help elucidate bias in their attribution and potential mismatch between legal and folk conceptions thereof. Third, I will discuss how biases in mens rea attribution could be alleviated.  

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