The aims of this systematic review were to determine:(a) which brain areas are consistently
more active when making (i) moral response decisions, defined as choosing a response to a …

Moral dilemma tasks have been a much appreciated experimental paradigm in empirical
studies on moral cognition for decades and have, more recently, also become a preferred …

Background and Objectives Human morality has been investigated using a variety of tasks
ranging from judgments of hypothetical dilemmas to viewing morally salient stimuli. These …

Morally judicious behavior forms the fabric of human sociality. Here, we sought to investigate
neural activity associated with different facets of moral thought. Previous research suggests …

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 …

The present fMRI study is the first that investigates everyday moral conflict situations in
which a moral standard clashes with a personal desire. In such situations people have to …

Traditional theories of moral psychology emphasize reasoning and “higher cognition,” while
more recent work emphasizes the role of emotion. In this article, I discuss neuroimaging data …

The moral sense is among the most complex aspects of the human mind. Despite
substantial evidence confirming gender-related neurobiological and behavioral differences …

The traditional philosophical doctrines of Consequentialism, Doing and Allowing, and
Double Effect prescribe that moral judgments and decisions should be based on …

Neuroimaging studies on moral decision-making have thus far largely focused on
differences between moral judgments with opposing utilitarian (well-being maximizing) and …