I remember Greene’s position being more nuanced than that, but it’s been a while since I read his dissertation. In any case, I’m not defending his view. I only claimed that (in its revised wording) “We use our recently-evolved neocortex to make utilitarian judgments, and deontological judgments tend to come from evolutionarily older parts of our brains.”
I remember Greene’s position being more nuanced than that, but it’s been a while since I read his dissertation. In any case, I’m not defending his view. I only claimed that (in its revised wording) “We use our recently-evolved neocortex to make utilitarian judgments, and deontological judgments tend to come from evolutionarily older parts of our brains.”