Localizing the Moral Sense Neuroscience and the Search for the Cerebral Seat of Morality, 1800-1930 /

Due to the current revolution in brain research the search for the "moral brain" became a serious endeavour. Nowadays, neural circuits that are indispensable for moral and social behaviour are discovered and the brains of psychopaths and criminals - the classical anti-heroes of morality -...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Verplaetse, Jan (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Temas:
Science-History.
Psychology.
Neuropsychology.
Neurosciences.
Science-Philosophy.
Medicine-History.
History of Science.
Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.
Neuroscience.
Philosophy of Science.
History of Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The New Shapes of the Old Conscience
  • Conscientiousness or the Moral Organ in Phrenology
  • The Experimental Neurology of the Moral Centre
  • The Clinical Neurology of the Moral Centre
  • The Microscopy and Endocrinology of the Moral Centre
  • The Localisation of Morality in Criminal Anthropology
  • Moral Insanity as a Disorder of the Moral Sense
  • Encephalitis Lethargica: A Brain Disease of the Moral Sense?
  • Conclusion-Localising the Moral Sense: Believers and Disbelievers.

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