The Myth of the Moral Brain: The Limits of Moral Enhancement

by Harris Wiseman

An argument that moral functioning is immeasurably complex, mediated by biology but not determined by it.

Throughout history, humanity has been seen as being in need of improvement, most pressingly in need of moral improvement. Today, in what has been called the beginnings of "the golden age of neuroscience," laboratory findings claim to offer insights into how the brain "does" morality, even suggesting that it is possible to make...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262033925
• ISBN13: 9780262033923
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher