Caruso and Levy on Philosophy TV

Our own Gregg Caruso and Neil Levy have a lively discussion about consciousness and moral responsibility on the latest episode of Philosophy TV.  Here is the write up:

It seems that consciousness and moral responsibility are somehow connected. For example, intuitively, a person who is completely unconscious—e.g., a sleepwalker, or a person in a coma—cannot be responsible for what she does or fails to do. Levy has recently argued that moral responsibility for one’s actions requires consciousness of certain relevant facts; he has also argued that we can (sometimes) achieve the requisite level of consciousness, and that we are thus (sometimes) morally responsible for our actions. Caruso, by contrast, regards moral responsibility with heavier skepticism. In this conversation, after an overview of Levy’s position, Caruso and Levy discuss a range of issues: whether there could be a morally responsible zombie (16:29); somnambulism and other cases of global automatism (22:27); implicit bias (27:51); and other cases of nonconscious influence (33:58). They discuss introspection (53:09) and the “deep self” (61:06). They conclude (63:08) by discussing Levy’s views on consciousness and responsibility in the context of his other work.

So, go check out what they have to say!  

Comments

[V. Alan White]

I watched this a couple of evenings ago--very good work on both ends of the interview. If you haven't read Neil's latest book yet, you'll want to after watching this.

[Gregg Caruso]

Many thanks V. Alan! And I agree, everyone should pick up a copy of Neil's book!

[Nick Byrd]

Is anyone else having trouble finding the episode? The link appears to be broken (404 error) and my Google searching has been fruitless.