How Your Brain Is Related To Moral Decision Making

Prefrontal cortex is an area in the frontal of the brain that is responsible most regard of humans’ emotions, for instance, it is involved in empathy, emotion regulation, and self-conscious emotions. If the prefrontal cortex of a person is damaged, the person would make decision without pausing to consider the possible consequences, regardless how they will feel about the consequence

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