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Think of what you know already about how U.S. prisons operate and are set up. Think about how you and others classify human behavior for a moment. In every situation, can you think of accepted and unaccepted behaviors? How does a person’s actions affect their treatment by others in society? Well, these are the questions…

Take a second to answer these questions. Do you believe that free will exists? What does the idea of free will mean to you? People have been contemplating these questions for over 2000 years. The idea of free will is as old as the Christian religion, at least. The first notions of free will are…

Another blog post here focused on defining free will using rhetorical theories and the history surrounding the construct, but in recent history there is physical evidence within the human body that deals with this concept; free will. Well to be clear, there are multiple areas of the brain involved with higher order cognition connected to…