Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition

by Patricia S. Churchland

Book Overview

In her brilliant work Touching a Nerve, Patricia S. Churchland, the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy, drew from scientific research on the brain to understand its philosophical and ethical implications for identity, consciousness, free will, and memory. In Conscience, she explores how moral systems arise from our physical selves in combination with environmental demands.

All social groups have ideals for behavior, even though ethics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324000899
• ISBN13: 9781324000891
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"