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  • Neuroscience
  • Ethics
  • Moral Philosophy

Background:

  • Neuroscience findings are believed to resolve complex debates on moral judgments.
  • Joshua Greene argues neuroscience can advance the consequentialism vs. deontology debate.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate Greene's neuroscientific argument regarding consequentialist and deontological judgments.
  • To explore the role of empirical evidence, specifically neuroscience, in normative ethical discussions.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of Joshua Greene's neuroscientific evidence and its application as an epistemic debunking argument.
  • Critical examination of the argument's effectiveness in undermining deontological judgments.
  • Consideration of neuroimaging results' implications for consequentialist judgments.

Main Results:

  • Greene's neuroscientific evidence, when charitably interpreted, can contribute to ethical discussions via epistemic debunking.
  • The argument, as an epistemic debunking argument, fails to undermine deontological judgments.
  • Neuroimaging results may question the reliability of consequentialist judgments.

Conclusions:

  • Neuroscientific evidence, as presented by Greene, does not invalidate deontological moral judgments.
  • Greene's project demonstrates a potential pathway for empirical evidence, like neuroscience, to inform normative ethical debates.
  • The reliability of consequentialist judgments may be challenged by neuroimaging findings.