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The Neural Correlates of the Effect of Belief in Free Will on Third-Party Punishment: an Optical Brain Imaging (fnirs) Study
(Cognitive Science Society, 2022) Çakar, Tuna; Akyürek, Güçlü; Erözden, Ozan; Şahin, Türkay; Keskin, İrem Nur; Ünlü, Meryem; Özen, Deniz Hazal; Özen, Zeynep
Third party punishment (TPP), or altruistic punishment, is specifically human prosocial behavior. TPP denotes the administration of a sanction to a transgressor by an individual that is not affected by the transgression. In some evolutionary accounts, TPP is considered crucial for the stability of cooperation and solidarity in larger groups formed by genetically unrelated individuals. Belief in free will (BFW), on the other hand, is the idea that humans have control over their behavior. BFW is a human universal notion that, in some studies, has been found to be supportive of prosocial behavior. In our study, we examined the effect of BFW on TPP under high and low affect scenarios through optical brain imaging (fNIRS). We hypothesized that in low affect cases, there would be a positive correlation between the strength of the BFW and the severity of the punishment inflicted. Obtained results and related statistical analyses indicate that participants with higher degree of BFW have more neural activation in their right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) (hbo and hbt measures) in high affect scenarios, whereas the participants with lower degree of BFW have higher levels of neural activation in the medial PFC (hbo and hbt measures) in low affect scenarios. These empirical findings are in line with the research findings in the relevant academic literature and support the hypothesis that the degree of BFW influences punishment decisions.
Regulated social order and evolutionary adaptation
(2018) Erözden, Ozan
In sum my hypothesis is that juridicity is an adaptation for humans to circumvent an existential threat to the existence of the species. It is not possible to test the validity of this hypothesis in its integrality using present day neuroscientific techniques. But comparative studies examining possible links between working memory, time conception, awareness of mortality, and normative cognition in humans and other species may form a first step in this respect.
Civic Nationalism, Universalism and War Crimes
(Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, 2016) Erözden, Ozan
During the first phase of Croatia’s transition to democracy, which started with the death of Franjo Tudjman in the end of 1999, the prosecution of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the members of Croatian armed forces and paramilitary during the conflict between 1991 and 1995 was one of the most important issues on the political agenda. During this period SDP, which was the biggest partner of a coalition government, assumed a universalist approach to the issue, advocating impartial criminal prosecution regardless of ethnic background of perpetrators. While in line with the party’s civic nationalist stance, this policy encountered serious challenges as the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal (the ICTY) issued indictments for officials that were considered as heroes of Croatian Homeland War. By examining the case of SDP, this paper aims to discuss whether civic nationalism’s universalist theoretical premises are politically applicable during and/or in the aftermath of violent conflicts generated with extensive reference to ethnic identities.

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