Are mental states controlled by the brain?
"It's very difficult to explain exactly, i do think the brain is the engine of the body." (Orphan)
The brain is certainly the engine of the body but what controls the engine?
The nervous systems and glandular secretions regulate the physical functions but they cannot be regarded as free or morally responsible for the decisions we make. Either moral responsibility exists or it doesn't. If it doesn't morality is also an illusion because "ought implies can" (Kant). Good and evil become fictions in an amoral, mechanistic universe. Human and animal rights become human inventions in a purposeless, valueless and meaningless existence. Does that explanation correspond to the way people live?