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

August 26, 2010 by

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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