What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the
time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality�…

In many areas of modern life rapid developments in science are overwhelming established
norms. Brain biology, through DNA testing and advanced brain imaging techniques, has�…

Winner of the William James Book Award Winner of the inaugural Expanded Reason Award
A wide-ranging exploration of the role of childhood experiences in adult morality. Moral�…

These are the early days of what I hope will be a long and fruitful intellectual tradition, a
tradition fueled by the systematic interaction and mutual information of cognitive�…

As we understand more about the details of the regulatory systems in the brain and how
decisions emerge in neural networks, it is increasingly evident that moral standards�…

Morality has been at the center of informal talks and metaphysical discussions since the
beginning of history. Recently, converging lines of evidence from evolutionary biology�…

When should we call an embryo or a fetus" one of us"? What is normal brain aging, and
should we simply aspire to live longer, no matter what our brain state might be? Should we�…

An argument that moral functioning is immeasurably complex, mediated by biology but not
determined by it. Throughout history, humanity has been seen as being in need of�…

Neuroscience has dramatically increased understanding of how mental states and
processes are realized by the brain, thus opening doors for treating the multitude of ways in�…

Neural underpinnings of morality are not yet well understood. Researchers in moral
neuroscience have tried to find specific structures and processes that shed light on how�…