Comments on: Neuroethics

Neuroethics

homunculus — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:17:10 -0800

Whose life would you save? Carl Zimmer takes a look at the work of philospher-neuroscientist Joshua Greene in the emerging field of the neuroscience of ethics and morality (Leon Kass, take note.) [Via Dynamist Blog.]

By: jsonic

jsonic — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:41:11 -0800

Great post. An illuminating quote from the article: "Once you understand someone's behavior on a sufficiently mechanical level, it's very hard to look at them as evil," he says. "You can look at them as dangerous; you can pity them; but evil doesn't exist on a neuronal level."

By: lumpley

lumpley — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:16:33 -0800

That's really cool. Our brains rock.

By: monkeyman

monkeyman — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:25:01 -0800

Very interesting post, good stuff homonculus.

By: Irontom

Irontom — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:51:23 -0800

I was reading this in the April issue of Discover today, thinking what a great post it would make. Good work homonculus!

By: Slagman

Slagman — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:07:48 -0800

I'd liked this too, it clarified my thinking on the Buddhist notion that moral rules about right and wrong do not work nearly so well as trusting our innate goodness, intuition, whatever... Buddha nature. Humans not too badly distorted by suffering in their lives will do the right thing.

By: languagehat

languagehat — Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:11:52 -0800

Excellent post.