Moral Implications from Cognitive (Neuro)Science? No Clear Route

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Moral Judgment*

Cognitive Neuroscience: implications for education?

Research into the functioning of the human brain, particularly during the past decade, has greatly enhanced our understanding of cognitive behaviours which are fundamental to education: learning, memory, intelligence, emotion. Here, we argue the case that research findings from cognitive neuroscience hold implications for educational practice. In doing so we advance a bio-psycho-social position...

Cognitive Neuroscience and the Structure of the Moral Mind

Moral dilemmas in cognitive neuroscience of moral decision-making: a principled review.

Moral dilemma tasks have been a much appreciated experimental paradigm in empirical studies on moral cognition for decades and have, more recently, also become a preferred paradigm in the field of cognitive neuroscience of moral decision-making. Yet, studies using moral dilemmas suffer from two main shortcomings: they lack methodological homogeneity which impedes reliable comparisons of results...

The ethics of climate change: with a little help from moral cognitive neuroscience

The moral essence of climate change relates to causing/suffering harm. In particular, carbon emissions that threaten the stability of climate systems, and the consequent harm inflicted by altered climatic dynamics on present and future generations are the moral facets of climate change. Moral cognitive neuroscience indicates that up close and personal harm triggers deontological moral reasoning...