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[deleted] t1_irrumtu wrote

Reply to comment by Ma3Ke4Li3 in Patricia Churchland argues that morality is rooted in our Darwinian biology. She links morality to warm-bloodedness, which required an adaptation to care for others (originally, infants). This is the biological basis for unselfish concern, and later, moral intuitions. by Ma3Ke4Li3

I saw this post yesterday. Her book Conscience is excellent.

What I like is that Pat is old and established now, totally comfortable with calling out philosophy as an industry and making bold claims about the answers the sciences provide. Her work on consciousness is similar is this regard.

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Ma3Ke4Li3 OP t1_irry52e wrote

Yes, I agree that Conscience is a great book! This formed the basis of our conversation in this podcast episode. I must say that I actually like her newer work more than the traditional one on consciousness. I think it added a lot of fresh air into neurophilosophy. Anyway, did you get the chance to listen to any of it? It would be interesting to hear your thoughts. We discussed material that was not included in the book.

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