The Emotional Construction of Morals
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Jesse Prinz argues that recent work in philosophy, neuroscience, and anthropology supports two radical hypotheses about the nature of morality: moral values are based on emotional responses, and these emotional responses are inculcated by culture, not hard-wired through natural selection. In the first half of the book, Jesse Prinz defends the hypothesis that morality has an emotional foundation. Evidence from brain imaging, social psychology,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199571546
ISBN13:9780199571543
Release Date:October 2009
Publisher:Oxford University Press (UK)
Length:348 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"
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