McLaughlin Poster Greene - Merrimack College
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Merrimack College, Cascia Hall (handicap accessible) Free and open to the public “Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap between Us and Them.” Presented by Joshua Greene, Ph.D., Renowned Psychologist, Philosopher and Neuroscientist About the Speaker: 315 Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845 www.merrimack.edu 16 th Annual Dennis McLaughlin Lecture Monday, October 21 st , 2013 7:30 PM Dr. Greene is the John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social Sciences and the director of the Moral Cognition Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University. He studies the psychology and neuroscience of morality, focusing on the interplay between emotion and reasoning in moral decisionTmaking. His broader interests cluster around the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. There are two kinds of moral problems: “Me vs. Us” and “Us vs. Them.” There are two kinds of moral thinking: “fast” intuitive thinking that is efficient but inflexible, and “slow” moral reasoning that is flexible but inefficient. Progress depends on matching the right kind of thinking with the right kind of problem. In his talk, Dr. Greene will address these issues and how he has applied modern scientific techniques to old philosophical questions and current political controversies. Sponsored by the Department of Psychology
Transcript of McLaughlin Poster Greene - Merrimack College
Merrimack)College,)Cascia)Hall)(handicap)accessible))
Free)and)open)to)the)public) )
“Moral'Tribes:'Emotion,'Reason,'and'the'Gap'between'Us'and'Them.”'
!Presented!by!Joshua!Greene,!Ph.D.,!Renowned!Psychologist,!Philosopher!and!Neuroscientist!
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About'the'Speaker:''
315'Turnpike'Street,'North'Andover,'MA'01845'
www.merrimack.edu)
16th'Annual'Dennis'McLaughlin'Lecture'
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Monday,)October)21st,)2013)7:30)PM)
Dr.'Greene'is'the'John'and'Ruth'Hazel'Associate'Professor'of'the'Social'Sciences'and'the'director'of'the'Moral'Cognition'Laboratory'in'the'Department'of'Psychology,'Harvard'University.'He'studies'the'psychology'and'neuroscience'of'morality,'focusing'on'the'interplay'between'emotion'and'reasoning'in'moral'decisionTmaking.'His'broader'interests'cluster'around'the'intersection'of'philosophy,'psychology,'and'neuroscience.'
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There'are'two'kinds'of'moral'problems:'“Me'vs.'Us”'and'“Us'vs.'Them.”''There'are'two'kinds'of'moral'thinking:'“fast”'intuitive'thinking'that'is'efficient'but'inflexible,'and'“slow”'moral'reasoning'that'is'flexible'but'inefficient.''Progress'depends'on'matching'the'right'kind'of'thinking'with'the'right'kind'of'problem.'
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In'his'talk,'Dr.'Greene'will'address'these'issues'and'how'he'has'applied'modern'scientific'techniques'to'old'philosophical'questions'and'current'political'controversies.'
Sponsored)by)the)Department)of)Psychology))
