Cognitive Neuroscience and moral blameworthiness

Cognitive Neuroscience and moral blameworthiness. Science demonstrates how the concept of moral blame is at the heart of jury decisionmaking in every tort case. Learn how and why jurors feel moral blame only after projecting a blameworthy mental state for a defendant or plaintiff.

Learn from the latest research what evidence you need to present to help create feelings of moral blame. Learn why the degree of moral blame that jurors feel is directly related to the amount of damages that they award.

Review of tort cases to demonstrate application of moral blame by jurors and how this leads to case appropriate significant-dollar verdicts.