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The Moral Brain Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality /

Scientists no longer accept the existence of a distinct moral organ as phrenologists once did. A generation of young neurologists is using advanced technological medical equipment to unravel specific brain processes enabling moral cognition. In addition, evolutionary psychologists have formulated hy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Verplaetse, Jan (Editor ), de Schrijver, Jelle (Editor ), Vanneste, Sven (Editor ), Braeckman, Johan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Immoral Brain
  • "Extended Attachment" and the Human Brain: Internalized Cultural Values and Evolutionary Implications
  • Neuro-Cognitive Systems Involved in Moral Reasoning
  • Empathy and Morality: Integrating Social and Neuroscience Approaches
  • Moral Judgment and the Brain: A Functional Approach to the Question of Emotion and Cognition in Moral Judgment Integrating Psychology, Neuroscience and Evolutionary Biology
  • Moral Dysfunction: Theoretical Model and Potential Neurosurgical Treatments
  • Does It Pay to be Good? Competing Evolutionary Explanations of Pro-Social Behaviour
  • How Can Evolution and Neuroscience Help Us Understand Moral Capacities?
  • Runaway Social Selection for Displays of Partner Value and Altruism
  • The Evolved Brain: Understanding Religious Ethics and Religious Violence
  • An Evolutionary and Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Moral Modularity.