The moral brain : a multidisciplinary perspective / edited by Jean Decety and Thalia Wheatley.

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Over the past decade, an explosion of empirical research in a variety of fields has allowed us to understand human moral sensibility as a sophisticated integration of cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms shaped through evolution, development, and culture. Evolutionary biologists have shown that moral cognition evolved to aid cooperation; developmental psychologists have demonstrated that the elements that underpin morality are in place much earlier than we thought; and social neuroscientists have begun to map brain circuits implicated in moral decision making. This volume offers an overview of current research on the moral brain, examining the topic from disciplinary perspectives that range from anthropology and neurophilosophy to justice and law. The contributors address the evolution of morality, considering precursors of human morality in other species as well as uniquely human adaptations. They examine motivations for morality, exploring the roles of passion, extreme sacrifice, and cooperation. They go on to consider the development of morality, from infancy to adolescence; findings on neurobiological mechanisms of moral cognition; psychopathic immorality; and the implications for justice and law of a more biological understanding of morality. These new findings may challenge our intuitions about society and justice, but they may also lead to more a humane and flexible legal system"--Provided by publisher.

Evolution of morality -- Motivations of morality -- The development of morality -- The affective and social neuroscience of morality -- Psychopathic immorality -- Considerations and implications for justice and law.

The evolution of morality : a comparative approach / Laurent Prétôt and Sarah Brosnan -- Adaptationist approaches to moral psychology / Andrew W. Delton and Max M. Krasnow -- Partner choice and the evolution of a contractualist morality / Nicolas Baumard and Mark Sheskin -- Is the Moral Brain Ever Dispassionate? / Jesse Prinz -- Devoted actors and the moral foundations of intractable intergroup conflict / Scott Atran and Jeremy Ginges -- Why we cooperate / Jillian Jordan, Alexander Peysakhovich, and David G. Rand -- The infantile origins of our moral brains / J. Kiley Hamlin -- Mechanisms of moral development / Joshua Rottman and Liane Young -- The neurocognitive development of moral judgments : the role of executive function / Ayelet Lahat -- Girl uninterrupted : the neural basis of moral development among adolescent females / Abigail A. Baird and Emma V. Roellke -- Neural correlates of human morality : an overview / Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, Roland Zahn, and Jorge Moll -- The cognitive neuroscience of moral judgment and decision making / Joshua D. Greene -- Neuromodulators and the (in)stability of moral cognition / Molly J. Crockett and Regina A. Rini -- Immorality in the adult brain / Rheanna J. Remmel and Andrea L. Glenn -- The moral brain : psychopathology / Caroline Moul, David Hawes, and Mark Dadds -- Neuroscience versus phenomenology and the implications for justice / Thalia Wheatley -- The equivocal relationship between morality and empathy / Jean Decety and Jason M. Cowell.

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