Localizing the moral sense : neuroscience and the search for the cerebral seat of morality

Localizing the moral sense neuroscience and the search for the cerebral seat of morality

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 -...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verplaetse, Jan (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Science 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Science > History.
Science > Philosophy.
Neurosciences > Moral and ethical aspects.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009455067406719
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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