Major moral decisions use general-purpose brain circuits to manage uncertainty

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 13:14 in Psychology & Sociology

Scientists have found that humans can make difficult moral decisions using the same brain circuits as those used in more mundane choices related to money and food. The results suggest that complex moral decisions need not rely on a specific "moral sense."

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