Some Biology behind the Moral Brain

• List 5 Offensive "things".

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Define Morality, Ethics?

 

 

 

 

 

• Emotional vs Rational origin of Morality

• Compare Brains

 

• Images from the Emotional Brain.

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  • fMRI and various emotions

• Limbic System Diagram

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  • oxytocin, fear and brain activity

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  • genetics, serotonin and fear

• Enlarging Networks and Building Connections                                                           

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  • Acetylcholine and Neuronal branching
    

• Linking Brain Regions:  DTI image overlay on MRI  and  DTI showing brain interconnectivity

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  • diagram of connections

 

• Images of from the "Rational" Brain

•  PET image of Brain   

• Individual vs Group?

 

• Is vs Ought?

 

• What "ought" we do about Stem Cell research and HPV Vaccination?

From: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008295095_cat22.html