The revolution in cognitive science is seen as a threat to deeply held values, but that threat is more apparent than real. Professor Putnam advised the panel and the crowd to apply Godel's Theorem to the session topic. The mind, he noted, is not the same as the brain. Human nature is those norms of reaction. In principle, cognitive capacities can be isolated and studied.
Moral nature is harder to isolate than language.
Moral nature, as it is expressed in choices on behalf of human rights, has long been Professor Chomsky's deep, active concern.