How Long to Read Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition

How Long Does it Take to Read Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition by Patricia Churchland

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

How do we determine right from wrong? Conscience illuminates the answer through science and philosophy. In her brilliant work Touching a Nerve, Patricia S. Churchland, the distinguished founder of neurophilosophy, drew from scientific research on the brain to understand its philosophical and ethical implications for identity, consciousness, free will, and memory. In Conscience, she explores how moral systems arise from our physical selves in combination with environmental demands. All social groups have ideals for behavior, even though ethics vary among different cultures and among individuals within each culture. In trying to understand why, Churchland brings together an understanding of the influences of nature and nurture. She looks to evolution to elucidate how, from birth, our brains are configured to form bonds, to cooperate, and to care. She shows how children grow up in society to learn, through repetition and rewards, the norms, values, and behavior that their parents embrace. Conscience delves into scientific studies, particularly the fascinating work on twins, to deepen our understanding of whether people have a predisposition to embrace specific ethical stands. Research on psychopaths illuminates the knowledge about those who abide by no moral system and the explanations science gives for these disturbing individuals. Churchland then turns to philosophy—that of Socrates, Aquinas, and contemporary thinkers like Owen Flanagan—to explore why morality is central to all societies, how it is transmitted through the generations, and why different cultures live by different morals. Her unparalleled ability to join ideas rarely put into dialogue brings light to a subject that speaks to the meaning of being human.

How long is Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition?

Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition by Patricia Churchland is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition aloud.

What Reading Level is Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition?

Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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