The New Science of Morality. Something radically new is in the air: new ways of understanding physical systems, new ways of thinking about thinking that call into question many of our basic assumptions.
A realistic biology of the mind, advances in evolutionary biology, physics, information technology, genetics, neurobiology, psychology, engineering, the chemistry of materials: all are questions of critical importance with respect to what it means to be human. For the first time, we have the tools and the will to undertake the scientific study of human nature. This began in the early seventies, when, as a graduate student at Harvard, evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers wrote five papers that set forth an agenda for a new field: the scientific study of human nature. In the past thirty-five years this work has spawned thousands of scientific experiments, new and important evidence, and exciting new ideas about who and what we are presented in books by scientists such as Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. [JOSHUA D. Jonathan Haidt, Authors at Google. Programme « Neurosciences et politiques publiques » du Centre d’analyse stratégique.
Le programme « Neurosciences et politiques publiques » a pour but de déterminer comment les sciences du cerveau peuvent apporter un éclairage nouveau pour les politiques publiques, dont un enrichissement épistémologique et une démonstration expérimentale de leurs fondements empiriques.
Ce programme vise également une meilleure prise en considération par les politiques publiques des enjeux liés à la subjectivité. Il s’inscrit par là dans un axe prioritaire du Centre d’analyse stratégique, tel que défini par la saisine « santé mentale et déterminants du bien-être » du secrétaire d’Etat chargée de la Prospective et du Développement de l’économie numérique, en date du 25/03/09.
Publication introductive de l’ensemble du programme : Note de Veille n°128 (mars 2009) - Analyse : Impacts des neurosciences : quels enjeux éthiques pour quelles régulations ? Sommaire : 1. 2. 3. Contact presse : How Creativity Connects with Immorality. In the mid 1990’s, Apple Computers was a dying company.
Microsoft’s Windows operating system was overwhelmingly favored by consumers, and Apple’s attempts to win back market share by improving the Macintosh operating system were unsuccessful. After several years of debilitating financial losses, the company chose to purchase a fledgling software company called NeXT. Along with purchasing the rights to NeXT’s software, this move allowed Apple to regain the services of one of the company’s founders, the late Steve Jobs. Under the guidance of Jobs, Apple returned to profitability and is now the largest technology company in the world, with the creativity of Steve Jobs receiving much of the credit. However, despite the widespread positive image of Jobs as a creative genius, he also has a dark reputation for encouraging censorship,“ losing sight of honesty and integrity”, belittling employees, and engaging in other morally questionable actions.