Cognition from life: the two modes of cognition that underlie moral behavior

We argue that the capacity to live life to the benefit of self and others originates in the defining properties of life. These lead to two modes of cognition; the coping mode that is preoccupied with the satisfaction of pressing needs and the co-creation mode that aims at the realization of a world...

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Main Authors: Tjeerd C Andringa, Kirsten Anna-Marie Van Den Bosch, Nanda eWijermans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00362/full