Braintrust : What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality /

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What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by...

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Autor principal: Churchland, Patricia Smith (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Neurobiology.
Ethics.
PSYCHOLOGY > Applied Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Neuropsychology.
MEDICAL > Neuroscience.
philosophy.
ethics (philosophy)
Philosophie.
Neuropsychologie.
Neurobiologie.
Morale.
Neurobiology
Ethics
Social Behavior
Philosophy
Neurosciences > methods
Morals
Neuropsychology
Philosophy.
Neuropsychology.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. The result is a provocative genealogy of morals that asks us to reevaluate the priority given to religion, absolute rules, and pure reason in accounting for the basis of morality. Moral values, Churchland argues, are root.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400838080

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