Character Quote by Robert Sapolsky

Very ancient parts of the brain are involved in moral decision making.

— Frans de Waal

“Philosophers and many proponents of cognitive psychology hold that moral judgments are within our control, and thus people who choose to commit crimes, barring…

— Katherine Ramsland

I don't believe that we evolved moral psychology; it just doesn't seem plausible to me as a biological phenomenon.

— Tom Stoppard

Once you've seen certain things, the moral compunction drives you to act.

— Tom Hiddleston

The moral, then, is that familiar categories of behavior - marriage customs, food taboos, folk superstitions, and so on - certainly do vary across…

— Steven Pinker

Knowing about the neurobiological and evolutionary basis for social behavior can soften the arrogance and self-righteousness that often attends discussions of morality. It may…

— Patricia Churchland

Now I have demonstrated, that the convolutions of the brain are nothing but the peripheric expansion of the bundles of which it is composed;…

— Franz Joseph Gall

The elegant study... is consistent with the themes of modern cognitive neuroscience . Every aspect of thought and emotion is rooted in brain structure…

— Steven Pinker

Human models are more vivid and more persuasive than explicit moral commands.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

— Charles Darwin

Moral stimulation is good but moral complacency is the most dangerous habit of mind we can develop, and that danger is serious and ever-present.

— Joseph Grew

Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky