Stathis Papaioannou wrote: > This study recent published in Nature suggests not only a neural basis > for morality, but a specific neural basis for a specific kind of morality:
I'd say an irrational morality. I almost always make the utilitarian choice in those hypothetical moral dilemmas (must be damage from one of my motorcycle crashes :-)). I wonder if they surveyed any Inuits, who traditionally killed female infants in a family until a son had been born. Brent Meeker > > http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nature05631.html > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/science/22brain.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/science/22brain.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin> > > Stathis Papaioannou --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
