Sublime

But from a deeper perspective (speaking both objectively and subjectively), thoughts simply arise unauthored and yet author our actions.

were based on the study of epilepsy patients.

mere intellectual ruins, maintained at enormous economic and social cost, but I now understood that important psychological truths could be found in the rubble.

The more we understand the human mind in causal terms, the harder it becomes to draw a distinction between cases like 4 and 5.

decide whom to accept as experts.

humankind will probably need some kind of global identity and loyalty.

Ethics: Studies right and wrong, good and bad.

How can we make sense of these gradations of moral responsibility when brains and their background influences are in every case, and to exactly the same degree, the real cause of a woman’s death?