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Hardwired behavior : what neuroscience reveals about morality / Laurence R. Tancredi.
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0521860016 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521860017 (hardback : alk. paper)
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Tancredi, Laurence R.
Title
Hardwired behavior : what neuroscience reveals about morality / Laurence R. Tancredi.
Published
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description
xiv, 226 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-210) and index.
Contents
1. Neuroscience and morality -- 2. Morality and the mind -- 3. Beyond the mind zone -- 4. The moral brain -- 5. Bad without conscience -- 6. The biology of choice -- 7. Sex and the single moral code -- 8. Brain biology and sex -- 9. Deception -- 10. The biology of money -- 11. The bad and the mad -- 12. Creating a moral brain.
Summary
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Ethics
Mental Processes -- Physiology
Brain -- Physiological aspects
Cognitive neuroscience
Conduct of life
Neurosciences
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Brain -- Physiological aspects
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Cognitive neuroscience
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Conduct of life
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Ethics
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Mental Processes -- Physiology
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Neurosciences
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Courage
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Ethics
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Etiquette
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Forgiveness
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Friendship
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Justice
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Kindness
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Life skills
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Prudence
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Respect for persons
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Simplicity
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Success
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Truthfulness and falsehood
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Virtue
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Altruism
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Character
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Christian ethics
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Confidence
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Judgment (Ethics)
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Right and wrong
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Success
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Will
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