Does neuroscience undermine deontological theory?

Neuroethics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-60

  Dean, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consequentialism; Deontology; Harmless wrongs; Joshua Greene; Neuroscience; Personal moral dilemmas

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DEONTOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONALITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MORALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77949659252     PISSN: 18745490     EISSN: 18745504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-009-9052-x     Document Type: Review

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