Moral Sensibility,Visceral Representations,and Social Cohesion: A Behavioral Neuroscience Perspective
Author: Schulkin, Jay
Source: Mind and Matter, Volume 3, Number 1, 2005 , pp. 31-56(26)
Publisher: Imprint Academic
Abstract:
The moral sentiments adumbrated by Adam Smith and Charles Darwin reflect some of our basic social appraisals of each other. One set of moral appraisals reflects disgust and withdrawal, a form of contempt. Another set of moral appraisals reflects active concern responses, an appreciation of the experiences (sympathy for some- one)of other individuals and approach related behaviors. While no one set of neural structures is designed for only moral appraisals, a diverse set of neural regions that include the gustatory/visceral neural axis, basal ganglia and iverse neocortical sites underlie moral judgment.Document Type: Research article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Physiology and Biophysics Center for Brain Basis of Cognition Georgetown University,Washington D.C.,USA
Publication date: 2005-01-01
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- In this Subject: Neurology & Psychiatry , Philosophy , Neuropsychology
- By this author: Schulkin, Jay

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