Neuro-cognitive systems involved in moral reasoning

James Blair

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6287-2_4

Neuro-cognitive systems involved in moral reasoning

James Blair

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Before considering the systems involved in moral reasoning, it is worth briefly considering what morality is. Two broad viewpoints on morality effectively exist. According to one, moral reasoning is mediated by some form of unitary system for processing social rule related information. Early adherents of this viewpoint included Kohlberg who considered the moral reasoning developed from conventional reasoning (Colby & Kohlberg, 1987). More recent adherents include Moll who has defined morality as: the sets of customs and values that are embraced by a cultural group to guide social conduct (Moll, Zahn, Oliveira-Souza, Krueger, & Grafman, 2005, p. 799).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Moral Brain
Subtitle of host publication	Essays on the Evolutionary and Neuroscientific Aspects of Morality
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Pages	87-107
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781402062872
ISBN (Print)	9781402062865
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6287-2_4
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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General Neuroscience

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