Neuroethics and the Possible Types of Moral Enhancement

AJOB Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3-14

  Shook, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

moral enhancement; moral naturalism; morality ethics; neuroethics; relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867284785     PISSN: 21507740     EISSN: 21507759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21507740.2012.712602     Document Type: Article

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