Lesson 6: After reading the Churchland article choose the statement which fits best.

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Lesson 6:  After reading the Churchland article choose the statement which fits best.

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The task asks us to evaluate each statement in light of the prompt, which asks for the option that fits best after reading the Churchland article. 
Option A: 'Aristotle and Hume were really off base in their views of ethics.' This claim asserts a broad dismissal of two classic ethical positions. While Churchland material may challenge some essentialist or purely rational accounts, this blanket negation of Aristotle and Hume oversimplifies historical ethical theory and ignores the nuanced ways in which their ideas have influenced later bio-social interpretations. The statement also lacks a direct link to the bio-cultural framing discussed in contemporary neuroethics. 
Option B: 'a bio-cultural view is a modern view that does not fit with early philosophers before the 20th century.' This option foregrounds a key historical point: the bio-cultural approach blends biological mechanisms with cultural and social context, a perspective that largely emerges with 20th- and 21st-century scholarship and methodologies. It correctly characterizes the modernity of the view and its divergence from early philosophers who did not articulate such an integrated framework. The statement aligns well with the likely thrust of Churchland’s neuroethics and cultural neuroscience discussions. 
Option C: 'animals cannot imitate.' This is a scientifically dubious blanket claim. There is substantial evidence of imitation and social learning in many animal species, including primates and birds, though the extent and interpretation of imitation vary. As a universal negative about imitation, the statement is inaccurate and not supportive of a neuroethics or bio-cultural perspective. 
Option D: 'praire voles have higher levels of the moral molecule and so pair bond with their mates.' Even if one interprets the 'moral molecule' as oxytocin or vasopressin, the causal connection between a single neurochemical level and complex social bonding is an oversimplification. The claim risks overgeneralization about neurochemistry and moral behavior, and it also misspells 'prairie' (the common spelling is prairie) which suggests a casual treatment of the evidence. 
Option E: 'birds have no moral sense but high primates do.' This dichotomy posits a sharp, uniform boundary on moral sensibilities across broad animal groups. In neuroethics and comparative neuroscience, the notion of 'moral sense' is debated and often reframed in terms of social cognition, empathy, and fairness, which are not cleanly separated by taxonomic lines. The statement oversimplifies and ignores nuances in animal cognition research. 
Option F: 'an absolutist's view of morality makes the most sense in terms of neuroethics.' An absolutist moral position is generally at odds with the neuroethics literature, which tends to emphasize nuance, context, plasticity, and variability across individuals and cultures. Declaring absolutism as the most sensible stance ignores the complex, evidence-informed views discussed in contemporary neuroethics that recognize gradations and cultural modulation of moral reasoning. 
Overall, the options present a spectrum from nuanced, modern interpretations to overly simplistic or historically mismatched claims. The statement that best captures the intended shift toward integrated biological and cultural explanation, consistent with a bio-cultural approach, is the one that highlights the modern nature of the view and its disconnect from early philosophers’ frameworks, rather than asserting broad claims about ethics, species differences, or moral absolutes.

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Lesson 6: After reading the Churchland article choose the statement which fits best.

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