Is Evidence from Social Psychology and Neuroscience Relevant to Philosophical Debates in Normative Ethics?
This article presents some considerations concerning the relevance of empirical data and theories from neuroscience and social psychology for philosophical debates in normative ethics. While many authors hold that there are findings and theories from those fields that are relevant to no...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Annali di studi religiosi
Year: 2013, Volume: 14, Pages: 145-165 |
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| Summary: | This article presents some considerations concerning the relevance of empirical data and theories from neuroscience and social psychology for philosophical debates in normative ethics. While many authors hold that there are findings and theories from those fields that are relevant to normative ethics, it often remains unclear precisely how this relevance relation is to be construed and spelled out. In what follows, I critically discuss various proposals, which have recently been made in this regard by philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists. |
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| ISSN: | 2284-3892 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Annali di studi religiosi
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14598/Annali_studi_relig_14201309 |