What experiments do psychologists use to identify the brain areas involved in moral decision-making? Do moral truths exist? We discuss with Joshua D. Greene, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University and author of Moral Tribes.
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“0:16″ Introduction.
“1:18″ New David Pino’s artwork in the NEURO.tv background.
“1:45″ The dual-process theory of moral judgments and the Trolley Problem.
“5:10″ Emotion and rationality in the Trolley Problem.
“8:38″ The metaphor of automatic and manual modes for decision-making.
“13:05″ Self-report in experimental philosophy and psychology.
“19:05″ The role of imagination and fictive scenarios in moral decisions.
“20:40″ The role of visual simulation in decisions during a moral dilemma.
“23:49″ Personality characteristics slightly modulate moral decisions.
“28:01″ Joshua Greene’s take on The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris.
“36:02″ What is morality and are animals moral agents?
“40:12″ Moral Tribes, the new book by Joshua Greene: David asks if morality is a fool’s category?
“53:10″ Construal-level theory of action representation.
“1:02:12″ Rules, reflective thinking, and automatisms.
“1:04:26″ Do moral truths exist and why don’t they?
“1:08:39″ Brain areas showing activity during moral decision-making.
Guests on the episode: Joshua D. Greene, Diana L. Xie, Jean-François Gariépy, Leanne Boucher, John L. Kubie and David L. Barrack.
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