Is Executive Function the Universal Acid?

This essay responds to Hirstein, Sifferd and Fagan’s book, Responsible Brains (MIT Press, 2018), which claims that executive function is the guiding mechanism supports both responsible agency necessity for some excuses. In contrast, I suggest not universal acid neuroscience at present contributes almost nothing necessary psychological level of explanation analysis. To extent can be useful, it virtually entirely dependent on well-validated psychology correlate with neuroscientific variables under investigation. The considers what adds our understanding it. Then addresses moral legal responsibility generally, specific doctrines. Executive seldom found most perspicuous approach any general or questions.