Man has been pondering for centuries over the basis of his own
ethical and aesthetic values. Until recent times, such issues were
primarily fed by the thinking of philosophers, moralists and
theologists, or by the findings of historians or sociologists
relating to universality or variations in these values within
various populations. Science has avoided this field of
investigation within the confines of philosophy.
Beyond the temptation to stay away from the field of knowledge
science may also have felt itself unconcerned by the study of human
values for a simple heuristic reason, namely the lack of tools
allowing objective study. For the same reason, researchers tended
to avoid the study of feelings or consciousness until, over the
past two decades, this became a focus of interest for many
neuroscientists.
It is apparent that many questions linked to research in the
field of neuroscience are now arising. The hope is that this book
will help to formulate them more clearly rather than skirting them.
The authors do not wish to launch a new moral philosophy, but
simply to gather objective knowledge for reflection.
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