The Moral Brain Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Verplaetse, Jan (Editor), Schrijver, Jelle (Editor), Vanneste, Sven (Editor), Braeckman, Johan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Philosophy.; Ethics.; Philosophy of mind.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Evolutionary biology.; Biomedicine.; Evolutionary Biology.; Philosophy, general.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Philosophy of Mind.

Scientists no longer accept the existence of a distinct moral organ as phrenologists once did. A generation of young neurologists is using advanced technological medical equipment to unravel specific brain processes enabling moral cognition. In addition, evolutionary psychologists have formulated hy...