Neuroethics: what the study of brain disorders can tell about moral behavior

Carmelo M Vicario; Chiara Lucifora; Carmelo M Vicario; Chiara Lucifora

doi:10.3934/Neuroscience.2021029

AIMS Neuroscience

2021, Volume 8, Issue 4: 543-547. doi: 10.3934/Neuroscience.2021029

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Neuroethics: what the study of brain disorders can tell about moral behavior

Carmelo M Vicario ^,,
Chiara Lucifora

Dipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e degli studi culturali Università di Messina, via concezione, Messina, Italy

Received: 04 October 2021 Accepted: 14 October 2021 Published: 25 October 2021

The growing interest in the study of morality has led to the birth of a new discipline in the field of moral philosophy called Neuroethics, a multidisciplinary approach that aims to combine philosophy and neuroscience. In this editorial, we explored the relevance of clinical models affected by neurological/psychiatric disorders to learn more about mechanisms sub-serving ethical behaviour at neural and cognitive level.
- Neuroethics,
- clinical models,
- morality,
- disgust
Citation: Carmelo M Vicario, Chiara Lucifora. Neuroethics: what the study of brain disorders can tell about moral behavior[J]. AIMS Neuroscience, 2021, 8(4): 543-547. doi: 10.3934/Neuroscience.2021029

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Abstract

The growing interest in the study of morality has led to the birth of a new discipline in the field of moral philosophy called Neuroethics, a multidisciplinary approach that aims to combine philosophy and neuroscience. In this editorial, we explored the relevance of clinical models affected by neurological/psychiatric disorders to learn more about mechanisms sub-serving ethical behaviour at neural and cognitive level.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.

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