A Two-Tiered Cognitive Architecture for Moral Reasoning

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-356

  Bolender, John ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Attitude; Cognitive architecture; Cognitively penetrable; Inclusive fitness; Informationally encapsulated; Mental faculty; Module; Moral intuition; Moral judgment; Repression; Strength of attitude; Teleological

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000013589     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010663018267     Document Type: Article

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