2023 Podcasts

Neuroethics & Agency: A Discussion with Joshua May, PhD

Zimmerman, Anne

Joshua May is a philosophy professor at University of Alabama, Birmingham. He holds a PhD from UC, Santa Barbara. His recent book, Neuroethics: Agency in the Age of Brain Science brings together neuroscience and philosophy to create a nuanced view of human agency as surprisingly diverse and flexible. He joins the Voices in Bioethics podcast to discuss the intersection of free will and neuroscience, asserting that neuroscientific explanations for behaviors and actions should be properly contextualized and steeped in philosophy.