Braintrust : what neuroscience tells us about morality
by
 
Churchland, Patricia Smith, author.

Title
Braintrust : what neuroscience tells us about morality

Author
Churchland, Patricia Smith, author.

ISBN
9781400838080
 
9781283009140

Publication Information
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2011.

Physical Description
1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations

Abstract
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.

Subject Term
Ethics.
 
Neurobiology.
 
Neuropsychology.
 
Social Behavior.
 
Philosophy.
 
Neurosciences -- methods.
 
Morals.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt7sd2x


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