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<div style="text-align: left; border-collapse: collapse; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">1) Please RSVP by <u>5pm TUESDAY</u> to this week's Circle so that we can order food in time.</span></font></div>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">2) In addition to the STS Circle next week, we will have an extra-ordinary discussion on December 6th with Anne Pollock (Georgia Tech).</span></font></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; "><font color="#000000">on</font></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 13px; "><br></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-size: large; "><b>The Moral Brain and How to Use It</b></span></div>
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<font color="#000000">12:15-2:00 p.m.</font></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 13px; "><font color="#000000">124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106</font></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); font-size: 13px; ">
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<font color="#000000">Lunch is provided if you RSVP.</font></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font color="#000000">Please RSVP to </font><font color="#000000" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); "><span><span><a href="mailto:sts@hks.harvard.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); ">sts</a></span></span><a href="mailto:sts@hks.harvard.edu" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); ">@hks.harvard.edu</a> </font><font color="#000000">by 5pm Tuesday, November 23rd.</font></div>
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<b><br></b></div><div style="text-align: left; "><b style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Abstract:</b><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; "> Does the "is" is of empirical moral psychology have implications for the "ought" of normative ethics and public policy? I'll argue that it does. One cannot deduce moral truths form scientific truths, but psychology may nevertheless influence moral thinking in profound ways. First, I'll review evidence for the dual-process theory of moral judgment, according to which characteristically deontological judgments (ones favoring individual rights over the greater good) tend to be driven by automatic emotional responses while characteristically consequentialist judgments (favoring the greater good over individual rights) tend to be driven by controlled cognitive processes. I'll then consider the respective functions of automatic and controlled processes. Automatic processes are like the point-and-shoot settings on a camera, efficient but inflexible. Controlled processes are like a camera's manual mode, inefficient but flexible. Putting these theses together, I'll argue that deontological philosophy is essentially a rationalization of automatic responses that are too inflexible to handle our peculiarly modern moral problems, including many important policy problems. I'll recommend consequentialist thinking as a better alternative for dealing with moral problems at the policy level.</span></font></div>
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<b>Biography</b>: I study moral judgment and decision-making using behavioral experiments, functional neuroimaging (fMRI), and other neuroscientific methods. The goal of my research is to understand how moral judgments are shaped by automatic processes (such as emotional "gut reactions") and controlled cognitive processes (such as reasoning and self-control). Much of my current work is aimed at understanding these automatic and controlled processes in more detailed functional terms. Much of my research is motivated by normative philosophical questions. I am currently writing a book about the moral implications of our emerging scientific understanding of morality.</div>
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<font color="#000000">A complete list of <span><span>STS </span></span><span><span>Circle </span></span>at Harvard events can be found on our website:</font></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(80, 0, 80); border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<a href="http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/events/sts_circle/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 101, 204); "><font color="#000000">http://www.hks.harvard.edu/<span><span>sts</span></span>/events/sts_circle/</font></a></div>
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