Moral Neuroeducation for a Democratic and Pluralistic Society

This book brings together a group of top scholars on ethics and moral neuroeducation to cover the specific field of moral learning. Although there are many studies on neural bases of human learning and the application processes in different fields of human activity, such as education, economics or politics, very few of them have delved into the specific field of moral learning. This book brings forward a discursive and cordial ethical concept suitable for the theoretical-practical development of moral neuroeducation, as well as  a set of guidelines for the design of an educational model that, based on moral neuroeducation, contributes to the resolution of social problems and the eradication of undesirable patterns and behaviors such as hate speech, corruption, intolerance, nepotism, aporophobia or xenophobia. Furthermore it contains a management approach for the application of this educational model to the different areas of activity involved in social and human development. Amust read for students, educators and researchers in the field of  moral philosophy, (applied) ethics ethics and any other discipline working with reciprocity (economics, politics, health, etc.).

Patrici Calvo is Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy at Universitat Jaume I (Spain).  After receiving his Bachelor of Humanities from Jaume I University, he earned a Master of New Trends and Innovation Processes in Communication (Jaume I University), a Master of Corporate Social Responsibility (Technical University of Valencia), a postgraduate certificate from the Corporate Social Responsibility Teacher Trainer program (University of Buenos Aires), and a PhD in Moral Philosophy (Jaume I University) with the international doctoral thesis entitled Economic Rationality: The Ethical Aspects of Reciprocity. He has been visiting scholar at the Uehiro Center for Practical Ethics at Oxford University (UK), the Department of Sociology and Economic Law at the University of Bologna (Italy), the Institute of Philosophy at the Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC) of Madrid (Spain), the “Achille Ardigò” Departmentof Sociology at the University of Bologna (Italy), and the Foundation for Business and Organizational Ethics (ÉTNOR) of Valencia (Spain). His lines of research include economics (economic and business ethics), digital transformation (ethics of things and ethification), democracy (Algorithmic democracy and government), neuroscience (neuro-reciprocity and Neural Game Theory ), and whistleblowing (ethical monitoring systems) from a critical-discursive perspective. Besides, he is author of book The Cordial Economy – Ethics, Recognition and Reciprocity (Springer, 2018).

Javier Gracia-Calandín is Associate Professor in Moral Philosophy at University of Valencia. He teaches Moral and Political Philosophy, applied ethics and philosophy of education. He is Master’s and Doctor in Philosophy from University of Valencia with and international doctoral thesis about the ethical aspects for a democratic, pluralistic and intercultural society (with honors and Extraordinary Doctorate Award). He has been visiting scholar at University of Cambridge (UK), University of Oxford (UK), Northwestern University (Ilinois, EEUU), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany), Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany) and Freie Universität (Germany). He has participated in workshops organized by Oxford Centre for Neuroethics (UK), the Centre for Neuroscience in Education (UK), the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Germany) and the Mainz Research Group on Neuroethics and Neurophilosophy (Germany). He has participated in a range of scientific and technological development research Projects on education, neuroethics and neuropolitics and has conducted three research and innovative education projects about the ethical challenges in innovative education. His lines of research include neuroeducation, neuroethics and philosophy of education