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The self beyond itself : an alternative history of ethics, the new brain sciences, and the myth of free will
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The self beyond itself : an alternative history of ethics, the new brain sciences, and the myth of free will

Heidi M. Ravven

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Searching for ethics: how do people become good (and bad)?
Moral lessons of the Holocaust about good and evil, perpetrators and rescuers
Overwhelming power of the group and the situation
What happened to ethics: the Augustinian legacy of free will
Another modernity: the moral naturalism of Maimonides and Spinoza
Surveying the field: how the new brain sciences are exploring how and why we are (and are not) ethical
Beginning again: the blessing and curse of neuroplasticity: interpretation (almost) all the way down
Self in itself: what we can learn from the new brain sciences about self-protection, self-furthering and the 'I that is we'
Self beyond itself: 'the we that is I' and the 'I that is we'
What is ethics? how does moral agency work?.

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The self beyond itself : an alternative history of ethics, the new brain sciences, and the myth of free will by Heidi M. Ravven. ISBN 9781595585370. Published by The New Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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