Localising the Moral Sense Neuroscience and the Search for the Cerebral Seat of Morality /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Verplaetse, Jan (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: History.; Neurosciences.; Philosophy and science.; Medicine > History.; Neuropsychology.; Psychology.; History of Science.; General Psychology.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Medicine.

Due to the current revolution in brain research the search for the "moral brain" became a serious endeavour. Nowadays, neural circuits that are indispensable for moral and social behaviour are discovered and the brains of psychopaths and criminals - the classical anti-heroes of morality -...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• The New Shapes of the Old Conscience
• Conscientiousness or the Moral Organ in Phrenology
• The Experimental Neurology of the Moral Centre
• The Clinical Neurology of the Moral Centre
• The Microscopy and Endocrinology of the Moral Centre
• The Localisation of Morality in Criminal Anthropology
• Moral Insanity as a Disorder of the Moral Sense
• Encephalitis Lethargica: A Brain Disease of the Moral Sense?
• Conclusion—Localising the Moral Sense: Believers and Disbelievers.