Neuroethics: what the study of brain disorders can tell about moral behavior

Abstract

The growing interest in the study of morality has led to the birth of a new discipline in the field of moral philosophy called Neuroethics, a multidisciplinary approach that aims to combine philosophy and neuroscience. In this editorial, we explored the relevance of clinical models affected by neurological/psychiatric disorders to learn more about mechanisms sub-serving ethical behaviour at neural and cognitive level.

Keywords

• neuroethics
• clinical models
• morality
• disgust