Camps Victoria
Departamento de Filosofía, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, España.
Rev Neurol. 2013 Sep 1;57(5):230-4.
This article examines the advances made by neuroscience in the attempt to find an answer to the question regarding the origin and foundation of moral judgements and of human behaviour in compliance with them. The conception of the brain as something dynamic and capable of adapting to the social and cultural surroundings is seen to be an important point for philosophy. At the same time, the complexity of ethical issues that cannot be reduced to observations based strictly on neurons alone also becomes quite apparent. Nevertheless, scientists and philosophers should get together and communicate with one another so as to be able to pose their questions with greater rigour and take advantage of each other's respective knowledge.
本文探讨了神经科学在试图找到关于道德判断的起源和基础以及与之相符的人类行为这一问题答案方面所取得的进展。将大脑视为动态的、能够适应社会和文化环境的观念被视为哲学的一个重要观点。与此同时，不能仅仅归结为基于神经元的严格观察的伦理问题的复杂性也变得十分明显。尽管如此，科学家和哲学家应该聚在一起相互交流，以便能够更严谨地提出他们的问题，并利用彼此的知识。
