Braintrust
Subtitle: what neuroscience tells us about morality
By: Patricia S. Churchland
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780691137032
Subjects: Neurosciences; Neuropsychology; Morals; Philosophy; Social Behavior; Neurobiology; Ethics; Methods
Other titles: What neuroscience tells us about morality
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-258) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Brain-based values; title: Caring and caring for; title: Cooperating and trusting; title: Networking : genes, brains, and behavior; title: Skills for a social life; title: Not as a rule; title: Religion and morality.