The Myth of Choice_ Personal Responsibility in a World of Limits - Kent Greenfield [103]
p. 156: Ulysses and the Sirens by Herbert James Draper. Image from Wikimedia Commons.
p. 161: New Yorker cartoon, July 19, 1999. Copyright Michael Maslin / The New Yorker Collection / www.cartoonbank.com.
p. 174: Chief Justice John Roberts. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States. Photographer: Steve Petteway.
p. 178: Justice David H. Souter. AP Photo / Jim Cole.
p. 195: New Yorker cartoon, November 20, 2000. Copyright J. C. Duffy / The New Yorker Collection / www.cartoonbank.com.
POETRY AND SONG LYRICS
p. 47 (epigraph): “Don’t Look at Me That Way” (from “Paris”), words and music by Cole Porter, copyright © 1928 (renewed) Warner Bros. Inc. All rights reserved; used by permission.
p. 124: “Sixteen Tons,” words and music by Merle Travis, copyright © 1947 (renewed) Merle’s Girls Music, all rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. All rights reserved; used by permission.
p. 143 (epigraph): Melvin B. Tolson, “An Ex-Judge at the Bar,” in RENDEZVOUS WITH AMERICA 19 (1944), used by permission of Dr. Melvin B. Tolson, Jr.
p. 185 (epigraph): “Free Bird,” words and music by Allen Collins and Ronnie Van Zant, copyright © 1973, 1975 Songs of Universal, Inc., copyrights renewed. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard Corporation.
Index
Aboriginals, 42
abortion rights movement, 34–35
Abu Ghraib prison, 106, 181, 182–83
acquaintance rape, 43
adultery, 20, 210n12
advertisements, 26, 27, 64–65, 93, 215n31
affirmative action, 203
African Americans, 87, 110, 111, 177–78, 217n22
alcohol consumption, 21, 131
ambiguity of law, 170–73
American Civil Liberties Union, 88–89
analytic brain function, 51–52
anti-discrimination pledge, 40–41
anti-fraud laws, 122, 123
Appiah, Kwame Anthony, 204
Ariely, Dan, 68–69
atheism, 93–94
attractive people, 63, 191, 214–15n27
Auden, W. H., 8
authority: at Abu Ghraib prison, 106, 181, 182–83
challenges to, 109–11, 113–16, 117–18
of cult figures, 111–13, 115, 183
in decision making, 101, 102, 103–7, 111–12, 219n9
intimidation by, 102, 105, 111–15
obedience to, 101–2, 103–6, 219n9
of police, 38–39, 109–11, 116, 177–79
questioning of, 107–11
willingness of teachers to shock learners (Milgram experiment), 101–2, 103–6, 117
bad choices, 16–19, 29–30, 169–70, 182
Balfour, Raelyn, 47–49, 51, 52, 183, 212n3
ban on head coverings for women in France, 72
basal ganglia, 49, 50, 51, 53
baseball: Costa v. Boston Red Sox, 12–13
injury at baseball games (Costa v. Boston Red Sox), 12–13, 17, 19, 20
Joyce, Jim (baseball umpire), 165–66, 173
umpire calls, 165, 166, 173, 184
baseball games, 12–13, 163–64, 172
behavior mandates, 76–77, 187
Berkowitz, Robert, 80–82
bias, 85–86; Aboriginal culture, 42
cross as universally accepted religious symbol, 89–91
the meaning of “no,” 82–83, 172, 216–17n15
physical appearance, 63, 214–15n27
recognition of, 91, 218n28
Bierce, Ambrose, 47
bikini effect, 59–60, 62, 128, 132
biology. See brain damage; brain processes; gay rights; obesity
blame, 14–16, 160–62, 169, 180, 181–83
blind spots, 80, 88
Blink (Gladwell), 167
Boortz, Neal, 15
Boston Red Sox, 12–13
Brady, Tom, 167, 168
brain damage: in the case of Charles Whitman, 56–58
and concepts of good and evil, 56–59
cost-benefit analysis, 55, 56
criminal behavior, 55, 56–57
impact on decision making, 56–58
impaired judgment, 56–58
brain processes: appetite system in, 59
bias towards attractive people, 63
bikini effect, 59–60, 62, 128, 132
in the case of Raelyn Balfour, 47–49, 51, 52, 183, 212n3
memory, 66–67, 191–92
pleasure, 59, 61, 62, 128
prefrontal cortex, 49–51, 53, 54, 56
priming, 63, 64
purchasing decisions, 61
satisfying cravings, 59
and self-regulation, 50, 212n7
structure of, 49–50
subconscious word-associations, 64–65, 215n32
subliminal associations, 64–65, 215n31
Braman, Don, 91, 218n28
Brown, Kirby, 112
Brown, Michael, 14
Brown,