When human beings investigate their own nature, they ask two seemingly different questions: Who are we? Who should we be? The first is the province of psychology, cognitive science and increasingly, biology. The second is the province of ethics, arts and philosophy. One of the most interesting developments in modern scholarship is how the two views of human nature are increasingly coming together. Cognitive scientists are now writing about how we ought to live our lives: e.g.,
Between IS and OUGHT
Between IS and OUGHT
Between IS and OUGHT
When human beings investigate their own nature, they ask two seemingly different questions: Who are we? Who should we be? The first is the province of psychology, cognitive science and increasingly, biology. The second is the province of ethics, arts and philosophy. One of the most interesting developments in modern scholarship is how the two views of human nature are increasingly coming together. Cognitive scientists are now writing about how we ought to live our lives: e.g.,