Neural Basis of Imagination, Free Will, and Morality
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Duration | 5 hours |
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Mode of learning | Online |
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- Course 3 of 3 in the Libertarian Free Will Specialization
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Neural Basis of Imagination, Free Will, and Morality at Coursera Course details
- This course deals with the neural basis of imagination, free will, and morality.
- In module one of the course, you will explore the evidence of imagination derived from artifacts.
- This module examines the brain changes that caused the innovativeness of human imagination. The relation between the first and the second-order desires and free will also be discussed.
- In the second module, you will learn how we imagine and judge what is right versus what is wrong. You will also learn to differentiate between immoral and amoral acts and explore the origin of morality, evil, and human goodness.
- While comparing the relationship between science and religion, you'll understand how to realign social, cultural, and governmental structures to serve broad human interests.
Neural Basis of Imagination, Free Will, and Morality at Coursera Curriculum
Module 1: Neural Basis of Imagination and Decision Making
What Is Imagination?
Human Imagination Is like Sexual Selection
Primer On Human Evolution
Evidence of Imagination From Artifacts
Learning From Skulls
Mental Modularity
What Is Volitional Attention?
What Is a Symbol?
Human Imagination From Brain Demodularization
Analogy, Music, and Abstraction from Demodularization
First-order and Second-order Desires and Free Will
Automatizing Good Character
Welcome reading
Neural Basis of Imagination and Decision Making Quiz
Module 2: Free Will And Morality
How Should We Freely Choose?
What Makes Us Moral Beings?
Where Does Morality Come From?
Where Does Human Evil Come From?
Where Does Human Goodness Come From?
The Vacuum of Meaning Caused By Science
Attempts to Fill the Vacuum of Meaning
Freeing Our Minds from Thought Control
The Future of Science and Religion
The Re-enlightenment
Free Will And Morality Quiz
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