1. Scientists Draw Link Between Morality And Brain's Wiring

Comment #43333 by staredowntheflood on May 21, 2007 at 6:10 am

This is not "simple minded research".
Antonio Damasio, the neuroscientist pictured in the article, wrote a book called Descatres' Error where he presented his Somatic Marker Hypothesis. It posits that without an emotional compass i.e. gut feelings, we couldn't make advantageous rational choices. It's becoming more and more evident that such lofty concepts such as morality can finally be grounded in the physical reality of neuroscience.