Neural Basis of Imagination, Free Will, and Morality
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Neural Basis of Imagination, Free Will, and Morality
This course is part of Libertarian Free Will Specialization
Instructor: Peter Tse
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There are 2 modules in this course
This course deals with the neural basis of imagination, free will, and morality.
In module one of the course, you will explore the evidence of imagination derived from artifacts. This module examines the brain changes that caused the innovativeness of human imagination. The relation between the first and the second-order desires and free will also be discussed. In the second module, you will learn how we imagine and judge what is right versus what is wrong. You will also learn to differentiate between immoral and amoral acts and explore the origin of morality, evil, and human goodness. While comparing the relationship between science and religion, you'll understand how to realign social, cultural, and governmental structures to serve broad human interests.
This module explores the evidence of imagination derived from artifacts. It also examines the brain changes that caused the innovativeness of human imagination. The relation between the first and the second-order desires and free will is also discussed in this module.
What's included
12 videos1 reading1 assignment4 discussion prompts
12 videos•Total 97 minutes
- What Is Imagination?•7 minutes
- Human Imagination Is like Sexual Selection•8 minutes
- Primer On Human Evolution•4 minutes
- Evidence of Imagination From Artifacts•13 minutes
- Learning From Skulls•6 minutes
- Mental Modularity•4 minutes
- What Is Volitional Attention?•10 minutes
- What Is a Symbol?•5 minutes
- Human Imagination From Brain Demodularization•6 minutes
- Analogy, Music, and Abstraction from Demodularization•9 minutes
- First-order and Second-order Desires and Free Will•14 minutes
- Automatizing Good Character•11 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Welcome reading•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Neural Basis of Imagination and Decision Making Quiz•30 minutes
4 discussion prompts•Total 40 minutes
- Introductions •10 minutes
- Evidence of Imagination From Artifacts Discussion•10 minutes
- What Brain Changes Caused The Innovativeness Of Human Imagination Discussion•10 minutes
- Choosing to Become a New Kind of Chooser Discussion•10 minutes
This module explains how we imagine and judge what is right versus what is wrong. It also differentiates between immoral and amoral acts and explores the origin of morality, evil, and human goodness. While comparing the relationship between science and religion, it also explains how to realign social, cultural, and governmental structures to serve broad human interests.
What's included
10 videos1 assignment3 discussion prompts
10 videos•Total 99 minutes
- How Should We Freely Choose?•8 minutes
- What Makes Us Moral Beings?•9 minutes
- Where Does Morality Come From? •7 minutes
- Where Does Human Evil Come From?•9 minutes
- Where Does Human Goodness Come From? •9 minutes
- The Vacuum of Meaning Caused By Science•7 minutes
- Attempts to Fill the Vacuum of Meaning•8 minutes
- Freeing Our Minds from Thought Control•11 minutes
- The Future of Science and Religion•15 minutes
- The Re-enlightenment•17 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Free Will And Morality Quiz•30 minutes
3 discussion prompts•Total 30 minutes
- Morality Discussion•10 minutes
- Meaning Discussion•10 minutes
- Re-enlightenment Discussion•10 minutes
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