Braintrust What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality

Name: Braintrust What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality
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ISBN: 9780691156347

ISBN-10: 0691156344

ISBN-13: 9780691156347

Edition: 2012

Authors: Patricia S. Churchland

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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? InBraintrust, 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 rooted in a behavior common to all mammals--the caring for offspring. The evolved structure, processes,…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/26/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Patricia S. Churchland is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. Her books include "Brain-Wise" and "Neurophilosophy". In 1991, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.



List of Illustrations



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


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index