Moll Jorge, De Oliveira-Souza Ricardo, Zahn Roland
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Unit, LABS-D'Or Hospital Network, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 22281-080.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008 Mar;1124:161-80. doi: 10.1196/annals.1440.005.
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 impairments. Here we review these lines of evidence and key topics of debate and explain why investigating the mechanisms of cognition-emotion interaction and of the neural bases of moral sentiments and values will be critical for our understanding of the human moral mind.
数千年来，人类的道德本性一直困扰着普通大众和学者。认知神经科学的最新进展为揭示人类道德及其损伤背后复杂的心理和神经生物学机制开辟了新途径。在此，我们回顾这些证据线索和关键的争议话题，并解释为何研究认知与情感相互作用的机制以及道德情感和价值观的神经基础对于我们理解人类道德思维至关重要。
