title: Reply to Comments.
abstract: Evidence of prospective processes is increasingly common in psychological research, which suggests the fruitfulness of a theoretical framework for mind and brain built around future orientation. No metaphysics of determinism or indeterminism is presupposed by this framework, nor do considerations of scientific method require determinism-successful scientific theories in the natural sciences all involve probabilistic elements. We speculate that expressive behavior and moral decision making use prospective processes parallel to those used in nonmoral decisions.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan sripada@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Chandra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sripada
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Railton
authors.affiliation: Florida State University.
authors.forename: Roy F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Baumeister
authors.affiliation: University of Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Martin E P
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Seligman
keywords: affect; free will; moral intuitions; prospection