Sociability and Morality in Patricia Churchland's 'Braintrust'. An Introduction to Neurophilosophy

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Cover of the book Sociability and Morality in Patricia Churchland's 'Braintrust'. An Introduction to Neurophilosophy by Jonathan Arriola, GRIN Verlag
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Author: Jonathan Arriola ISBN: 9783668365919
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: December 19, 2016
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Jonathan Arriola
ISBN: 9783668365919
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: December 19, 2016
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 10/10, , language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to rebuild the main hypothesis of Churchland's 'Braintrust' (2011) postulating that the origins of sociability and morality lie in the neuro-biology of attachment and bonding. The author sides with Hume's conception of morality as grounded in sentiments but Churchland conceives them principally in biological terms by tracing them back to the neurocircuitry of the brain and hormones. Particularly, she puts forward the hypothesis that oxytocin (OXT) is the responsible for the social and moral behavior of mammals, including humans. By the end of this paper, we will address Churchland's criticism of the moral innateness thesis and we will briefly discuss the strong and weak points of her proposal.

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Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 10/10, , language: English, abstract: The aim of this paper is to rebuild the main hypothesis of Churchland's 'Braintrust' (2011) postulating that the origins of sociability and morality lie in the neuro-biology of attachment and bonding. The author sides with Hume's conception of morality as grounded in sentiments but Churchland conceives them principally in biological terms by tracing them back to the neurocircuitry of the brain and hormones. Particularly, she puts forward the hypothesis that oxytocin (OXT) is the responsible for the social and moral behavior of mammals, including humans. By the end of this paper, we will address Churchland's criticism of the moral innateness thesis and we will briefly discuss the strong and weak points of her proposal.

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