Morality *can* be a learned behavior; however, activation of that particular part of the brain is *not* a learnable behavior (for obvious reasons -- see Michael Crichton's The Terminal Man) -- thus, the activation *is* hard-wired by evolution (and is noteworthy as such because it furthers the argument that evolution *has* selected for moral behavior). ----- Original Message ----- From: Abram Demski To: agi@v2.listbox.com Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [agi] Emotions and Morality
The article seems to assume that just because a neural event can be detected that accounts for a feeling people have, it must have been hard-wired by evolution. Why can't morality be a learned behavior? On 5/28/07, Mark Waser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18899688/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?& ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?& ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=e9e40a7e