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Braintrust : what neuroscience tells us about morality First Princeton Science Library paperback edition
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| 자료유형 | 단행본 |
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| 서명/저자사항 | Braintrust : what neuroscience tells us about morality/ Patricia S. Churchland ; with a new preface by the author. |
| 개인저자 | Churchland, Patricia Smith,author. |
| 판사항 | First Princeton Science Library paperback edition. |
| 발행사항 | Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (xviii, 273 pages): illustrations. |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Churchland, Patricia Smith. Braintrust. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2018 9780691180977 |
| ISBN | 9781400889389 1400889383 |
| 일반주기 |
First paperback printing, 2012.
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| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Preface to the Princeton Science Library edition -- Brain-based values -- Caring and caring for -- Cooperating and trusting -- Networking : genes, brains, and behavior -- Skills for a social life -- Not as a rule -- Religion and morality. |
| 요약 | What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the "neurobiological platform of bonding" that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. The result is a provocative genealogy of morals that asks us to reevaluate the priority given to religion, absolute rules, and pure reason in accounting for the basis of morality. Moral values, Churchland argues, are rooted in a behavior common to alll mammals--the caring for offspring. The evolved structure, processes, and chemistry of the brain incline humans to strive not only for self-preservation but for the well-being of allied selves--first offspring, then mates, kin, and so on, in wider and wider "caring" circles. Separation and exclusion cause pain, and the company of loved ones causes pleasure; responding to feelings of social pain and pleasure, brains adjust their circuitry to local customs. In this way, caring is apportioned, conscience molded, and moral intuitions instilled. A key part of the story is oxytocin, an ancient body-and-brain molecule that, by decreasing the stress response, allows humans to develop the trust in one another necessary for the development of close-knit ties, social institutions, and morality. |
| 일반주제명 | Ethics. Neurobiology. MEDICAL / Physiology. SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology. |
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