TY - JOUR
T1 - Individual differences in moral behaviour: A role for response to risk and uncertainty?
AU - Palmer, Colin
AU - Paton, Bryan
AU - Ngo, Trung Thanh
AU - Thomson, Richard Hilton Siddall
AU - Hohwy, Jakob
AU - Miller, Steven Mark
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Investigation of neural and cognitive processes underlying individual variation in moral preferences is underway, with notable similarities emerging between moral- and risk-based decision-making. Here we specifically assessed moral distributive justice preferences and non-moral financial gambling preferences in the same individuals, and report an association between these seemingly disparate forms of decision-making. Moreover, we find this association between distributive justice and risky decision-making exists primarily when the latter is assessed with the Iowa Gambling Task. These findings are consistent with neuroimaging studies of brain function during moral and risky decision-making. This research also constitutes the first replication of a novel experimental measure of distributive justice decision-making, for which individual variation in performance was found. Further examination of decision-making processes across different contexts may lead to an improved understanding of the factors affecting moral behaviou
AB - Investigation of neural and cognitive processes underlying individual variation in moral preferences is underway, with notable similarities emerging between moral- and risk-based decision-making. Here we specifically assessed moral distributive justice preferences and non-moral financial gambling preferences in the same individuals, and report an association between these seemingly disparate forms of decision-making. Moreover, we find this association between distributive justice and risky decision-making exists primarily when the latter is assessed with the Iowa Gambling Task. These findings are consistent with neuroimaging studies of brain function during moral and risky decision-making. This research also constitutes the first replication of a novel experimental measure of distributive justice decision-making, for which individual variation in performance was found. Further examination of decision-making processes across different contexts may lead to an improved understanding of the factors affecting moral behaviou
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U2 - 10.1007/s12152-012-9158-4
DO - 10.1007/s12152-012-9158-4
M3 - Article
SN - 1874-5490
VL - 6
SP - 97
EP - 103
JO - Neuroethics
JF - Neuroethics
IS - 1
ER -