Sunday, February 3, 2019

Philosophy Wire: Brain malfunctions?

When brain lesions occur within the brain network responsible for morality and value-based decision-making, they can predispose a person toward criminal behavior, according to a research. [1] We tend to correlate malfunctions with immorality. But the world is not perfect. Neither is your mind. Or your brain. The cosmos is a dark place. And yet, it is in that darkness that the greatest good was born into. There is no point to seek morality in a perfectly functioning brain. There is no point to seek goodness in a perfectly functioning world. The best flowers, grow on dirt…

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