Josh Greene
Neuroscientist and philosopher (presented as a Princeton researcher in the episode) who studies moral decision-making and brain activity in trolley-type dilemmas.
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Aug 13, 2007 • 57min
Morality
Josh Greene, Princeton neuroscientist and philosopher who studies moral decision-making, joins to explore trolley-style dilemmas. He discusses brain scans that separate rational calculation from emotional responses. Conversations cover primate roots of cooperation, empathy as a moral core, how children learn rules, and why frontal-lobe deliberation can override gut reactions.
