Profit vs. Principle: The Neurobiology of Integrity | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.wired.com - January 24, 2012 10:55 AM

Let your better self rest assured: Dearly held values truly are sacred, and not merely cost-benefit analyses masquerading as nobel intent, concludes a new study on the neurobiology of moral decision-making. Such values are conceived differently, and occur in very different parts of the brain, than utilitarian decisions.