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Title Mind and morals : essays on cognitive science and ethics / edited by Larry May, Marilyn Friedman, and Andy Clark
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1996
©1996

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Description 1 online resource (x, 315 pages) : illustrations
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
Analysis Ethics
Notes "A Bradford book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Cognitive science -- Moral and ethical aspects
Cognitive science.
Ethics.
Ethics
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY -- Social.
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Cognitive science
Cognitive science -- Moral and ethical aspects
Ethics
Form Electronic book
Author May, Larry
Friedman, Marilyn, 1945-
Clark, Andy, 1957-
ISBN 9780262279284
0262279282
0585020507
9780585020501
9780262133135
026213313X