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Braintrust: what neuroscience tells us about morality

By Patricia Smith , Churchland

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780691137032, 069113703X, 9780691156347, 0691156344
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1948131 bytes)
Pages
273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\286
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
08.36 philosophical anthropologyphilosophy of psychology;08.38 ethics;Ethics;Ethik

Description

Introduction -- Brain-based values -- Caring and caring for -- Cooperating and trusting -- Networking : genes, brains, and behavior -- Skills for a social life -- Not as a rule -- Religion and morality.;"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."--Jacket. Introduction -- Brain-based values -- Caring and caring for -- Cooperating and trusting -- Networking : genes, brains, and behavior -- Skills for a social life -- Not as a rule -- Religion and morality.

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