Moral Brains - The Neuroscience of Morality

Informationen zum Autor S. Matthew Liao is Director and Associate Professor of the Center for Bioethics, and Affiliated Professor in the Department of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of The Right to Be Loved (Oxford University Press); co-editor of Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (Oxford University Press); and over 50 articles in philosophy and bioethics. He has given a TED talk in New York, will give a TEDx talk at CERN in October, and has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, the BBC, Harper's Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Scientific American and other media outlets. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Moral Philosophy, a peer-reviewed international journal of moral, political and legal philosophy. Klappentext In the last fifteen years, there has been significant interest in studying the brain structures involved in moral judgments using novel techniques from neuroscience. Zusammenfassung In the last fifteen years, there has been significant interest in studying the brain structures involved in moral judgments using novel techniques from neuroscience.

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• Authors: Matthew S. Liao, S. Matthew Liao, S. Matthew (Director and Associate Professor Liao, Liao S. Matthew
• Assisted by: S. Matthew Liao (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2016
• EAN: 9780199357666
• ISBN: 978-0-19-935766-6
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, MEDICAL / Neurology, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Ethics & moral philosophy, Neurosciences, Ethics and moral philosophy, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology