Cognition - Ethics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The role of moral utility in decision making: an interdisciplinary framework.

29 Nov 2008 What decisions should we make? Moral values, rules, and virtues provide standards for morally acceptable decisions, without prescribing how we should reach them. However, moral theories do assume that we are, at least in principle, capable of making ... Read more...

The neural basis of moral cognition: sentiments, concepts, and values.

28 Feb 2008 The human moral nature has perplexed laymen and academics for millennia. Recent developments in cognitive neuroscience are opening new venues for unveiling the complex psychological and neurobiological mechanisms underling human morality and its ... Read more...

A comparative study on the information ethics of junior high school students cognition and behavior between Taiwan and China: Kaohsiung and Nanjing regions used as examples.

10 Jul 2007 A great deal of progress has been made on information ethics. Which portion is not sufficient? That might be the comparison from countries to countries. The purpose of this study was closely examined using the cross-cultural method for comparison. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Cognition - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• The role of moral utility in decision making: an interdisciplinary framework. 29 Nov 2008
• Response to open peer commentaries on "Visual bioethics". 29 Nov 2008
• Expanding the vision of visual bioethics. 29 Nov 2008
• When bad evidence happens to good treatments. 29 Apr 2008
• The neural basis of moral cognition: sentiments, concepts, and values. 28 Feb 2008
• A comparative study on the information ethics of junior high school students cognition and behavior between Taiwan and China: Kaohsiung and Nanjing regions used as examples. 10 Jul 2007
• The ethical mouse: be not like Icarus. 29 Apr 2007
• Justice, fairness, and enhancement. 29 Nov 2006
• Cognitive regeneration or enhancement: the ethical issues. 29 Apr 2006
• Drugs for enhancing cognition and their ethical implications: a hot new cup of tea. 27 Feb 2006
• The cognitive based approach of capacity assessment in psychiatry: a philosophical critique of the MacCAT-T. 29 Nov 2004
• A neuroscientific approach to normative judgment in law and justice. 27 Nov 2004
• Moral development and bioethics. 30 Jan 2001

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Technical information about 'Cognition'

Definition: Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism becomes aware of or obtains knowledge.

Descriptor UI: D003071

Alternative terms: Cognition;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.188;