Arthur Zajonc and Michael McCullough — Mind and Morality: A Dialogue`

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On Being : Arthur Zajonc and Michael McCullough — Mind and Morality: A Dialogue` Image

Arthur Zajonc and Michael McCullough — Mind and Morality: A Dialogue`

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For several hundred years, much of scientific advance has been about exploring human beings, including their actions and choices, in terms of mechanism — our bodies, our brains, physical processes. Research psychologist Michael McCullough believes that understanding our minds as mechanistic creates moral possibility. He’s led groundbreaking studies on the evolution and cultivation of moral behaviors such as forgiveness and gratitude. Arthur Zajonc is a physicist and contemplative, who believes that the farthest frontiers of science are bringing us back to a radical reorientation towards life and the foundations for our moral life.