Read the ways that neuroscience has approached the issue of morality, by trying to analyze which regions of the brain are activated around moral thinking.
1) Paul Bloom, “The War on Reason” (Links to an external site.)
2) Carey Godlberg, “Beyond Good and Evil: Morality in the Brain” (Links to an external site.)
3) Elizabeth Landau, “How Your Brain Makes Moral Judgments” (Links to an external site.)
4) Leo Pascual et al., “How does morality work in the brain?” (Links to an external site.)
5) J.D. Greene et al., “An fMRI Investigation of Emotional Engagement in Moral Judgment”
Readings – Part 1-2
In this Unit, you will read a variety of perspectives on how children develop a sense of morality in terms of their personal, social, and cognitive development.
1) McLeod, “Piaget’s Theory of Moral Development (Links to an external site.)”
2) Kohlberg, “The Development of Children’s Orientations Towards a Moral Order”Preview the document
3) Hock on Kohlberg articlePreview the document
4) Paul Bloom, “The Moral Life of Babies” (Links to an external site.)
5) “60 Minutes” video, babies and innate moralityAre Babies Born Good?