From biology to consciousness to morality

Zygon

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 801-819

  Goodenough, Ursula ^a   Deacon, Terrence W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Brains; Consciousness; Culture; Emergence; Moral ideals; Moral motivation; Morality; Symbolic language; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748357154     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2003.00540.x     Document Type: Article

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