Philosophical implications and multidisciplinary challenges of moral physiology

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Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-146

  Schleim, Stephan ^a   Schirmann, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

fMRI; Moral cognition; Moral decision making; Moral emotion; Moral naturalism; Moral psychology; Neuroethics; Neurophilosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959581855     PISSN: 14060922     EISSN: 17367514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/tr.2011.2.02     Document Type: Article

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