'Talk That Science' podcast on 'Causation & Moral responsibility'

The podcast 'Talk That Science' hosted by students from the Master of Logic has brought out an episode on Causation & Moral Responsibility with Dean McHugh, a Phd student at the ILLC.

Dean studies how people use words like “because” and “cause” in order to determine how we understand the concept of causation. Different understandings of causation can have practical implications for society, especially in the law. In this podcast episode, we talk about how the outcome of a lawsuit depends on a specific understanding of causation. Thijmen Nuninga, the other guest, is finishing a Phd in law and gives many examples of how causation is crucial to determine responsibility. We talk about the Urgenda case and whether the Netherlands is responsible for climate change, about if we can understand discrimination because of sexual orientation as discrimination because of sex, and about how to determine whether a heavy smoker got lung cancer because there was asbestos in his work environment.