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Morality in Times of Naturalising the Mind.
Title:
Morality in Times of Naturalising the Mind.
Author:
Lumer, Christoph.
ISBN:
9781614518013
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Series:
Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis ; v.59

Philosophische Analyse / Philosophical Analysis
Contents:
Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction - Morality in Times of Naturalising the Mind -An Overview -- 1. Neurophysiology of Action and Decision -- 2. General Psychology of Action -- 3. Moral Physiology -- 4. Moral Psychology -- 5. Overview of the Present Volume -- REFERENCES -- PART I - Free Will, Responsibility and the Naturalised Mind -- Naturalizing Free Will -Empirical and Conceptual Issues -- 1. Naturalization -- 2. Naturalizing Freedom -- 3. Freedom and Determinism - the Conceptual Objection -- 3.1 Conceptual Requirements -- 3.2 Self-Determination -- 3.3 The Self -- 3.4 Determinism -- 4. Empirical Results -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Libet's Experiments and the Possibility of Free Conscious Decision -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Libet's Experiments -- 3. Causal Interpretation of Libet's Experiments -- 4. Critique of Libet's Experiments and Their Interpretation -- 4.1. The Time of W - Still Unclear -- 4.2. The Interpretation of W - An Urge but not an Intention -- 4.3. The Prior Physiological "Determination" of the Action - Not Determining -- 4.4. The Action Type 'Flexing a Finger' - Not Revealing for "Real" Decisions -- 4.5. The Theory - No Explanation of Decisions -- 5. The Power of Intentions - A Revision of Simplistic Versions of Intentional Causalism -- 6. Free Decisions - Despite Unconscious Preparation -- REFERENCES -- The Effectiveness of Intentions - A Critique of Wegner -- 1. A Challenge to the Intentional-causalist Conception of Action and the Aim of this Chapter -- 2. Prelude - The Concepts of 'Conscious Will' and 'Empirical Will' -- 3. Wegner's Theory of the Experience and Illusion of Conscious Will -- 4. The Illusion Theses' Relying on Libet -- 5. Practical Consequences of the Constructivism of Our Control Experience -- 6. Conclusion -- REFERENCES.

PART II - Naturalising Ethics? Metaethical Perspectives -- Neuroethics and the Rationalism/Sentimentalism Divide -- 1. Basic features of neurosentimentalism -- 2. Moral reflection and moral agency -- 3. Emotions as conditions and motives -- 4. Sentimentalism, rationalism and moral realism -- 5. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- Experimental Ethics - A Critical Analysis -- 1. Experimental ethics as a kind of experimental philosophy -- 2. On the unreliability of moral intuitions -- 2.1 From the philosophical point of view -- 2.2 From the psychological point of view -- 3. The role of explanation in experimental ethics -- 3.1 Aspects of explanation in experimental ethics -- 3.2 Explanation as a substitute for philosophical justification -- 4. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- PART III - Naturalised Ethics? Empirical Perspectives -- Moral Soulfulness & Moral Hypocrisy - Is Scientific Study of Moral Agency Relevant to Ethical Reflection? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Exchanging reasons -- 3. Moral Hypocrisy versus Moral Integrity -- 4. Moral Hypocrisy? -- 5. Moral Soulfulness -- 6. Conclusion -- REFERENCES -- PART IV - Neuroethics Which Values? -- The Rationale Behind Surgery - Truth, Facts, Values -- 1. Semantic preliminary -- 2. Sickness as natural processes -- 3. Rationale of surgery -- 4. Rationale of brain surgery -- 5. Truth, facts and values in the rationale of surgery -- Biographical Notes on the Authors -- Name Index.
Abstract:
Since the millennium, the neurophysiological and psychological bases of moral judgements and actions have been the topic of much empirical research. This volume discusses the relevance and possible usage of this research for (meta-)ethics and action theory. An overview of the empirical research, followed by critical assessments of several of its results, provides orientation on the research and criteria for its reasonable usage.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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