Patricia Churchland - Morality and the Mammalian Brain
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Self-caring neural circuitry embodies self-preservation values, and these are values in the most elemental sense. Whence caring for others?
Social problem-solving, including policy-making, is probably an instance of problem-solving more generally, and draws upon the capacity, prodigious in humans, to envision consequences of a planned action. In humans, it also draws upon the capacity for improving upon current practices and technologies.
Unlike other mammals, humans have developed highly complex language, and highly complex cultures. This means that our sociality, and consequently ours systems of ethical values, have become correspondingly complex.
Professor Patricia Smith Churchland is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and an adjunct Professor at the Salk Institute.
Her current work focuses on morality and the social brain. She has been President of the American Philosophical Association and the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and won a MacArthur Prize in 1991 and the Rossi Prize in 2008.
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nice lecture.. well said...
thegreeensky 2 months ago
this is bullshit.
cmpresents 4 months ago
The last question regarding information overload as a possible source of neuronal disorder makes some sense in light of the activity of certain neuropeptides within the CNS which may be expressed due to high frequency electrical activity in the brain eg. CRF (Corticotropin release factor)
gizmodogee 6 months ago
Wow... This is great stuff. For me the crux is around 28:30, where the pain system that extends to the social domain expands out via the anticipation of social events in agents that have this capability. Whatever you think of Pat's overall platform here, via prototype theory, Humean pragmatism, etc, this is a tenable extension that can't be ignored. She may have downplayed neccessary and sufficient conditions categorically, but she's outlining sufficient natural moral machinery here IMHO.
gatogreensleeves 9 months ago
@LennyBound If it has your endorsement, I'm sure it will be quite good.
polymath7 1 year ago
Thank you Edinburgh and Patricia.
Ebuverthebicepcurler 1 year ago
Awesome.
LennyBound 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this.
MelCartman 1 year ago