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Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition

Patricia S. Churchland

Draws on social behavior and twin studies to explore how moral systems arise from the physical self in combination with environmental demands, evaluating whether people have a predisposition to adopt specific ethics.

ScienceScience · medium confidenceScience81 signalsLlm Classifier: Science -> ScienceKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismTopic Classifier: Essays & Cultural Criticism -> Arts & CriticismEssays & Cultural Criticism

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award2020FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Moral systems arise from interactions between the physical self and environmental demands, and twin-study evidence is used to evaluate whether people have a predisposition toward adopting specific ethics.

    Model confidence 78%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    55 / 100 academic

    Trade / academic crossover

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.