
Changing How We Choose
The New Science of Morality
A. David Redish(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 6. December 2022
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-0-262-04736-4 (ISBN)
Description
"Redish builds on work on morality in economics, genetics, evolution, etc. and combines it with the latest research in neuroscientific decision-making to develop a coherent science of morality"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
678 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04736-4 (9780262047364)
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Content
Introduction
1 Searching for a Science of Morality 3
I Moral Experiments
2 Economic Games 17
3 The Assurance Game 29
4 Reciprocity 45
5 Asabiya 55
6 Social Control 73
II How We Choose
7 The Neuroscience of Choice 91
8 Moral and Immoral Actions 103
9 Intrinsic Goals 125
10 Empathy and Trust 145
11 Trauma, Moral Injury, and Resilience 155
Transition
12 From Science to Engineering 169
III Institutions and Policies
13 The Rules of the Road 187
14 Justice and Redemption 207
15 Religion 223
16 Government 241
17 Beyond Humanity 251
IV The New Science of Morality
18 Beyond Moral Relativism 265
19 Better Moral Structures 273
20 Conclusion 291
Acknowledgments 297
Glossary 299
Notes 305
Bibliography 329
Index 357
1 Searching for a Science of Morality 3
I Moral Experiments
2 Economic Games 17
3 The Assurance Game 29
4 Reciprocity 45
5 Asabiya 55
6 Social Control 73
II How We Choose
7 The Neuroscience of Choice 91
8 Moral and Immoral Actions 103
9 Intrinsic Goals 125
10 Empathy and Trust 145
11 Trauma, Moral Injury, and Resilience 155
Transition
12 From Science to Engineering 169
III Institutions and Policies
13 The Rules of the Road 187
14 Justice and Redemption 207
15 Religion 223
16 Government 241
17 Beyond Humanity 251
IV The New Science of Morality
18 Beyond Moral Relativism 265
19 Better Moral Structures 273
20 Conclusion 291
Acknowledgments 297
Glossary 299
Notes 305
Bibliography 329
Index 357