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Technology, Neuroscience, and the Nature of Being:
Considerations of Meaning, Morality & Transcendence

Toward a Common Morality

September 11, 2009


Donald W. Pfaff, PhD :: The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule

Donald W. Pfaff, PhD
The Neuroscience of Fair Play: Why We (Usually) Follow the Golden Rule

Andrew B. Newberg, M.D. :: Universal Morality, Inclusivity, and the Brain

Andrew B. Newberg, M.D.
Universal Morality, Inclusivity, and the Brain

Maxwell R. Bennett, PhD :: The Impact of Brain Function on the Concept of Criminality

Maxwell R. Bennett, PhD
The Impact of Brain Function on the Concept of Criminality

Martha J. Farah, Ph.D. :: The More We Understand, the Less We Understand

Martha J. Farah, Ph.D.
The More We Understand, the Less We Understand

Roger Scruton, Ph.D. :: Persons and their Brains

Roger Scruton, Ph.D.
Persons and their Brains

Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D. :: Advances in Neuroscience: Which Way is Forward, or to What End?

Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D.
Which Way is Forward, or to What End?

William Casebeer, Ph.D. :: The Neurobiology of Virtue: Evolution, Cognition, and Human Flourishing

William Casebeer, Ph.D.
The Neurobiology of Virtue: Evolution, Cognition, and Human Flourishing

Bernard Gert, Ph.D. :: Common Morality: Deciding What to Do

Bernard Gert, Ph.D.
Common Morality: Deciding What to Do

James Giordano, Ph.D. :: Neuroscience, Reverence and Moral Sense

James Giordano, Ph.D.
Neuroscience, Reverence and Moral Sense

Leili Anvar, Ph.D. :: The Varieties of Transcendent Love

Leili Anvar, Ph.D.
The Varieties of Transcendent Love

Farhad Mechkat :: From Prodigy to Virtuoso: Mozart and Ostad Elahi

Farhad Mechkat
From Prodigy to Virtuoso: Mozart and Ostad Elahi

Infinite Echoes :: Riccardo Crinella, Emmanuel During, Paola Munari

Infinite Echoes
Riccardo Crinella, Emmanuel During, Paola Munari
 
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