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Simon Wigley

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Automaticity, Consciousness and Moral Responsibility

Philosophical Psychology April 1, 2007 Simon Wigley 13 citations

Cognitive scientists have long noted that automated behavior is the rule, while conscious acts of self-regulation are the exception to the rule. On the face of it, automated actions appear to be immune to moral appraisal because they are not subject to conscious control. Conventional wisdom suggests that sleepwalking exculpates, while the mere fact that a person is performing a well-versed task...