Braintrust - What Neuroscience Tells Us about MoralityPaperback
Braintrust - What Neuroscience Tells Us about MoralityPaperback A provocative new account of how morality evolvedWhat is morality? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? Where does it…
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Braintrust - What Neuroscience Tells Us about MoralityPaperback
A provocative new account of how morality evolvedWhat is morality? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? Where does it come from?
She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. 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, and chemistry of the brain incline humans to strive not only for self-preservation but for the well-being of allied