How (and where) does moral judgment work?
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Moral psychology has long focused on reasoning, but recent evidence suggests that moral judgment is more a matter of emotion and affective intuition than deliberate reasoning. Here we discuss recent findings in psychology and cognitive neuroscience, including several studies that specifically investigate moral judgment. These findings indicate the importance of affect, although they allow that reasoning can play a restricted but significant role in moral judgment. They also point towards a preliminary account of the functional neuroanatomy of moral judgment, according to which many brain areas make important contributions to moral judgment although none is devoted specifically to it.
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- Authors
- Greene, J., & Haidt, J.
- Affiliations
- Princeton University (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Greene, Joshua
- Haidt, Jonathan
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-12
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 517-523
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2119659537
- Cited by
- 1,945
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- John Templeton Foundation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Keywords
- moral judgment, moral reasoning, affect, moral cognition
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