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Title Mind and morals : essays on cognitive science and ethics / edited by Larry May, Marilyn Friedman, and Andy Clark.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1996]
©1996

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Description 1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Bradford book.
Note "A Bradford book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Ethics naturalized : ethics as human ecology / Owen Flanagan -- How moral psychology changes moral theory / Mark L. Johnson -- Whose agenda? Ethics versus cognitive science / Virginia Held -- The neural representation of the social world / Paul M. Churchland -- Connectionism, moral cognition, and collaborative problem solving / Andy Clark -- Gestalt shifts in moral perception / Peggy DesAutels -- Pushmi-pullyu representations / Ruth Garrett Millikan -- Sympathy, simulation, and the impartial spectator / Robert M. Gordon -- Simulation and interpersonal utility / Alvin I. Goldman -- Empathy and universalizability / John Deigh -- Feeling our way toward moral objectivity / Naomi Scheman -- Justifying morality and the challenge of cognitive science / James P. Sterba -- Moral rationality / Susan Khin Zaw -- Moral agency and responsibility : cautionary tales from biology / Helen E. Longino -- Planning and temptation / Michael E. Bratman.
Summary The essays in this anthology deal with the growing interconnections between moral philosophy and research that draws upon neuroscience, developmental psychology, and evolutionary biology. This cross- disciplinary interchange coincides, not accidentally, with the renewed interest in ethical naturalism. In order to understand the nature and limits of moral reasoning, many new ethical naturalists look to cognitive science for an account of how people actually reason. At the same time, many cognitive scientists have become increasingly interested in moral reasoning as a complex form of human cognition that challenges their theoretical models. The result of this collaborative, and often critical, interchange is an exciting intellectual ferment at the frontiers of research into human mentality. Sections and Contributors: Ethics Naturalized Owen Flanagan, Mark L. Johnson, Virginia Held Moral Judgments, Representations, and Prototypes Paul M. Churchland, Andy Clark, Peggy DesAutels, Ruth Garrett Millikan Moral Emotions Robert M. Gordon, Alvin I. Goldman, John Deigh, Naomi Scheman Agency and Responsibility James P. Sterba, Susan Khin-Zaw, Helen E. Longino, Michael E. Bratman A Bradford Book.
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Subject Cognitive science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Cognitive science -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Cognitive science.
Cognitive science.
Ethics.
Ethics.
Indexed Term Ethics
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author May, Larry.
Friedman, Marilyn, 1945-
Clark, Andy, 1957-
Other Form: Print version: Mind and morals. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1996 026213313X (DLC) 95022361 (OCoLC)32779677
ISBN 0585020507 (electronic book)
9780585020501 (electronic book)
9780262631655 (paperback)
0262631652 (paperback)
9780262133135
026213313X
026213313X
0262631652