Snowy Owl
Retired in 2010, In Memoriam
Hi all,
In June issue of Science et Vie (Science and Life) there is a very informative article that I think is worth it to share.
SCIENCE ET VIE No 1077 - JUIN 2007
It is entitle ''Where does our Moral Sense come's from''
The inner base of our moral sense has been found, it comes from the discovery in recent research in cognitive science. Our brain has two moral predisposition inherited from our evolution, the aversion to create pain for others and the sens of equity.
The research reveals that in our brain specific zones are implicated in our decisions making. The cerebral imagery has allow to witness that the idea to kill for instance activate zones that are associated with emotions, wich in turn inhibit the activation of zones called ''rationality''.
The instinctive perception of the emotions lived by others allow us to forsee the behaviors of them. And this Faculty has allow our ancestors to have a advantage.
cf: Antonio Damassio, Mickael Koenigs, Marc Hauser, Joshua Greene, David Premack, Emmanuel Dupoux, Vanessa Nurock
University of Zurich, Princeton, Harvard, Pensylvania, Ecole Normale Sup?rieure de Paris, Universit? de Nanterre,
Program: ''Mind, Brain and Behavior''
More to come
In June issue of Science et Vie (Science and Life) there is a very informative article that I think is worth it to share.
SCIENCE ET VIE No 1077 - JUIN 2007
It is entitle ''Where does our Moral Sense come's from''
- There would be a biological base
- It would be a talent inherited from evolution
- It is now a challenge for Human Sciences
The inner base of our moral sense has been found, it comes from the discovery in recent research in cognitive science. Our brain has two moral predisposition inherited from our evolution, the aversion to create pain for others and the sens of equity.
The research reveals that in our brain specific zones are implicated in our decisions making. The cerebral imagery has allow to witness that the idea to kill for instance activate zones that are associated with emotions, wich in turn inhibit the activation of zones called ''rationality''.
The instinctive perception of the emotions lived by others allow us to forsee the behaviors of them. And this Faculty has allow our ancestors to have a advantage.
cf: Antonio Damassio, Mickael Koenigs, Marc Hauser, Joshua Greene, David Premack, Emmanuel Dupoux, Vanessa Nurock
University of Zurich, Princeton, Harvard, Pensylvania, Ecole Normale Sup?rieure de Paris, Universit? de Nanterre,
Program: ''Mind, Brain and Behavior''
More to come