Why Morality Is Central to Isis | Rae Langton
4We think that being moral is an essential part of being human.
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Yet what we see as good differs from person to person and from culture to culture. Is morality just a story we tell ourselves rather than a set of rules we must follow? Is there much more to life than being good, or are we right to value virtue so highly?
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Simone Schnall: Dr Simone Schnall is the Director of the Cambridge Body, Mind and Behaviour Laboratory and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. Dr Schnall focuses on the interaction between our thoughts and feelings. Her work aims to understand how bodily states can affect our views on moral issues.
Rae Langton: Professor Langton is the head of the Philosophy Faculty at the University of Cambridge and a moral realist whose work spans from Kant’s moral philosophy to the moral issues surrounding pornography.
Joel Robbins: Professor Robbins is the Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge and the Max Planck Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change. His work focuses on the social anthropology of religion and ethics, the spread of Christianity as well as the cultural development of moral codes across the globe.
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