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What Is Morality? Where Does It Come From? And Why Do Most Of Us Heed Its Call Most Of The Time? In Braintrust, Neurophilosophy Pioneer Patricia Churchland Argues That Morality Originates In The Biology Of The Brain. She Describes The 'Neurobiological Platform Of Bonding' That, Modified By Evolutionary Pressures And Cultural Values, Has Led To Human Styles Of Moral Behavior. The Result Is A Provocative Genealogy Of Morals That Asks Us To Reevaluate The Priority Given To Religion, Absolute Rules, And Pure Reason In Accounting For The Basis Of Morality. Moral Values, Churchland Argues, Are Rooted In A Behavior Common To All Mammalsthe Caring For Offspring. The Evolved Structure, Processes, And Chemistry Of The Brain Incline Humans To Strive Not Only For Selfpreservation But For The Wellbeing Of Allied Selvesfirst Offspring, Then Mates, Kin, And So On, In Wider And Wider 'Caring' Circles. Separation And Exclusion Cause Pain, And The Company Of Loved Ones Causes Ple
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