Moral dilemmas in cognitive neuroscience of moral decision-making: A principled review

Behavioural Brain Research

Glover

Jeong

2014

Highlights: We compared the neural substrate of moral functioning between Koreans and Americans.  Koreans showed increased activity in the putamen, DLPFC, and postcentral sulcus.  Americans showed increased activity in the ACC and FPC.  Results support the idea of interactions between culture, education, and brain. These findings support the ideas of the interactions between the cultural background, education, and brain development, proposed in the field of cultural psychology and educational psychology.The study introduces educational implications relevant to moral psychologists and educators.4

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural influences on the neural correlate of moral decision making processes

Behavioural Brain Research

Glover

Jeong

2014

“…First, the present study utilized hypothetical dilemmas instead of real life situations [145]. Due to this reason, the present study would not be able to explain the actual psychological processes linked to moral dilemma solving and moral behavior in one's everyday life.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 95%

Influence of the cortical midline structures on moral emotion and motivation in moral decision-making

Behavioural Brain Research

Chen

Jeong

et al. 2016

Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:Predicting long-term outcomes of interventions using machine learning and computational simulation on the other hand, the posterior insula (PI) showed significant negative interaction with the seed regions. Second, several significant Granger causality was found from CMS to insula regions particularly under the moral-personal condition. Furthermore, significant dominant influence from the AI to PI was reported. Moral psychological implications of these findings are discussed.The present study demonstrated the significant interaction and influence between the CMS and morality-related regions while subject were solving moral dilemmas. Given that, activity in the CMS is significantly involved in human moral functioning.

“…First, we have to take into account that the majority of previous neuroimaging studies examining human morality have utilized hypothetical moral dilemmas instead of real problems (Christensen and Gomila 2012). If we do not seriously consider how to employ realistic dilemmas that can be implemented in neuroimaging settings, we cannot properly investigate the neural correlates of moral virtue and character because the development of moral virtue and character can only be completely evaluated if we investigate all of moral reasoning, moral affection, moral motivation, and moral behaviour (Curren and Kotzee 2014;Fowers 2014).…”

Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How can neuroscience contribute to moral philosophy, psychology and education based on Aristotelian virtue ethics?

International Journal of Ethics Education

2016

The present essay discusses the relationship between moral philosophy, psychology and education based on virtue ethics, contemporary neuroscience, and how neuroscientific methods can contribute to studies of moral virtue and character. First, the present essay considers whether the mechanism of moral motivation and developmental model of virtue and character are well supported by neuroscientific evidence. Particularly, it examines whether the evidence provided by neuroscientific studies can support the core argument of virtue ethics, that is, motivational externalism. Second, it discusses how experimental methods of neuroscience can be applied to studies in human morality. Particularly, the present essay examines how functional and structural neuroimaging methods can contribute to the development of the fields by reviewing the findings of recent social and developmental neuroimaging experiments. Meanwhile, the present essay also considers some limitations embedded in such discussions regarding the relationship between the fields and suggests directions for future studies to address these limitations.