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050 0 0 _aBJ45.5
_b.T36 2005
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100 1 _aTancredi, Laurence R.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aHardwired behavior :
_bwhat neuroscience reveals about morality /
_cLaurence R. Tancredi.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2005.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505 0 _aNeuroscience and morality -- Morality and the mind -- Beyond the mind zone -- The moral brain -- Bad without conscience -- The biology of choice -- Sex and the single moral code -- Brain biology and sex -- Deception -- The biology of money -- The bad and the mad -- Creating a moral brain.
520 _aThis book explores the impact of neuroscience research over the past 20 or more years on brain function as it affects moral decisions. Findings show that the mind and brain are very close, if not the same, and that the brain 'makes' the mind. This is bringing about a change of focus from examining mental activity (mentalism) to the physical activity of the brain (physicalism) to understand thinking and behavior. We are discovering that the physical features of the brain play the major role in shaping our thoughts and emotions, including the way we deal with 'moral' issues. This book sets out the historical framework of the transition from 'mentalism' to 'physicalism', shows how the physical brain works in moral decisions and then examines three broad areas of moral decision-making - the brain in 'bad' acts, the brain in decisions involving sexual relations, and the brain in money decision-making.
650 0 _aEthics.
650 0 _aCognitive neuroscience.
650 0 _aPsychology and philosophy.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521860017
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511499500
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