On the intersection between descriptive ethics and cognitive neuroscience

DESCRIPTIVE ETHICS studies empirically the moral views, principles, thoughts, intuitions and emotions held by people. Descriptive ethics studies resemblances and differences among moral views, systems, theories and traditions. COGNITIVE/AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE is the field of mind and brain research that investigates the psychological, computational, and neuroscientific bases of cognition and emotion.

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Monday, March 26, 2012

Moral enhancement (Julian Savulescu)




Julian Savulescu on the moral obligation to improve our moral dispositions (BBC Free Thinking Festival, 2011)


Julian Savulescu on moral enhancement  (from Nigel Warburton's website)
Posted by Stefan Berglund at 4:07 PM No comments:
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Labels: EMPATHY, MORAL ENHANCEMENT, OXYTOCIN, Savulescu Julian, SEROTONIN, THE NEURAL BASIS OF MORALITY

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Towards a neural theory of value: dopamine and serotonin

How Do We Predict the Future: Brains Rewards and Addiction, Terry Sejnowski (2008)
Posted by Stefan Berglund at 11:03 AM No comments:
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Labels: DOPAMINE, Sejnowski Terry, SEROTONIN
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Ph.D. Senior lecturer in philosophy at the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy, University of Skövde (Sweden)
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