Today on Forum: (Courtesy of Nick and Victor)
Seems relevant to our class.
How We Make Moral Decisions
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Harvard neuroscientist and philosopher Joshua Greene has brought a new dimension to the study of morality by scanning the brains of people as they struggle with philosophical dilemmas. Greene argues that humans are hardwired with a "tribal" mentality, an "us-versus-them" perspective that leads to clashes over political and social issues like abortion, gay marriage and gun rights. In his book "Moral Tribes," Greene explores how we make moral decisions, whether we put individual rights above the common good, and how this explains many of the social debates between different groups and countries.
Host: Michael Krasny
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2 comments:
Oh this looks good. It sounds as if this guy is not a determinist, that he in some way we do make decisions, that they are not an inevitable automatic product of our genes and our experience, that we are not 'meat machines.' Was that his point? Or do I have listen!!!
Yeah, I should listen….
should be "that he thinks in some way…"
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