Moral Brains

S. Matthew Liao is Director and Associate Professor of the Center for Bioethics, and Affiliated Professor in the Department of Philosophy at New York University. He is the author of The Right to Be Loved (Oxford University Press); co-editor of Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights (Oxford University Press); and over 50 articles in philosophy and bioethics. He has given a TED talk in New York, will give a TEDx talk at CERN in October, and has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, the BBC, Harper's Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, Scientific American and other media outlets. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Moral Philosophy, a peer-reviewed international journal of moral, political and legal philosophy.

An accessible, comprehensive, and straightforward introduction to the neuroscientific study of morality and its use in philosophical arguments. The book aims to take stock of the last fifteen years of research and features fifteen essays by renowned scholars in the field. The comprehensive introduction by Liao and the book's reflections on the latest developments in the field set it apart from alternatives...researchers and students interested in morality today are well advised to be familiar with its neurological underpinnings, not only to gain more robust evidence about how 'we' think about morality but also to find out what kind of research would be needed to advance the philosophical debate. Reading this book will set them up to a solid start.

• Contributors Morality and Neuroscience: Past and Future S. Matthew Liao Part I: Emotion vs. Reason 1. Sentimentalism and the Moral Brain Jesse Prinz2. The Rationalist Delusion? A Post Hoc Investigation Jeanette Kennett and Philip Gerrans3. Emotion versus Cognition in Moral Decision-Making: A Dubious Dichotomy James Woodward Part II: Deonotology vs. Consequentialism 4. Beyond Point-and-Shoot Morality: Why Cognitive (Neuro)Science Matters for Ethics Joshua Greene5. The Limits of the Dual-Process View Julia Driver6. Getting Moral Wrongness into the Picture Stephen Darwall7. Reply to Driver and Darwall Joshua Greene Part III: New Methods in Moral Neuroscience 8. Emotional Learning, Psychopathy, and Norm Development James Blair, Soonjo Hwang, Stuart F. White, and Harma Meffert9. The Neuropsychiatry of Moral Cognition and Social Conduct Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, Roland Zahn, and Jorge Moll10. Morphing Morals: Neurochemical Modulations of Moral Judgment and Behavior Molly Crockett11. Of Mice and Men: The Influence of Rodent Models of Empathy on Human Models of Harm Prevention Jana Schaich Borg Part IV: Philosophical Lessons12. Is, Ought and the Brain Guy Kahane13. Are Intuitions Heuristics? S. Matthew Liao14. The Disunity of Morality Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Index