There are times - usually late at night - where we ponder things like: Why is it I do what I do? Who am I? Am I a mass of flesh and bone with a semi-detached brain? Is there a soul in there somewhere? How do I make moral choices, good, bad and mixed? Dr. Joshua Greene has done a whole lot more in-depth thinking than I about these things, as he should being a Harvard philosopher and experimental psychologist. He also must have something close to answers. On Thursday, Nov. 16, Greene gives a talk at the Harvard Center, under the auspices of The Humanist Association of Massachusetts and the Center for Naturalism. He'll discuss cutting-edge neuroscience, and how we're learning more about how moral decision making works upstairs. He'll discuss the implications of neuroscientific moral psychology for our thinking about morality and philosophy. Yes, he's writing a book about these things. The lecture is free and starts at 7 p.m.
Science Center, Auditorium D. 1 Oxford St., Harvard Yard, Cambridge, 617-480-8846
There are times - usually late at night - where we ponder things like: Why is it I do what I do? Who am I? Am I a mass of flesh and bone with a semi-detached brain? Is there a soul in there somewhere? How do I make moral choices, good, bad and mixed? Dr. Joshua Greene has done a whole lot more in-depth thinking than I about these things, as he should being a Harvard philosopher and experimental psychologist. He also must have something close to answers. On Thursday, Nov. 16, Greene gives a talk at the Harvard Center, under the auspices of The Humanist Association of Massachusetts and the Center for Naturalism. He'll discuss cutting-edge neuroscience, and how we're learning more about how moral decision making works upstairs. He'll discuss the implications of neuroscientific moral psychology for our thinking about morality and philosophy. Yes, he's writing a book about these things. The lecture is free and starts at 7 p.m.