NDLI: No Need for Alarm: A Critical Analysis of Greene’s Dual-Process Theory of Moral Decision-Making

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Bluhm, Robyn
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Joshua Greene and his colleagues have proposed a dual-process theory of moral decision-making to account for the effects of emotional responses on our judgments about moral dilemmas that ask us to contemplate causing direct personal harm. Early formulations of the theory contrast emotional and cognitive decision-making, saying that each is the product of a separable neural system. Later formulations emphasize that emotions are also involved in cognitive processing. I argue that, given the acknowledgement that emotions inform cognitive decision-making, a single-process theory can explain all of the data that have been cited as evidence for Greene’s theory. The emotional response to the thought of causing harm may differ in degree, but not in kind, from other emotions influencing moral decision-making.
Starting Page	299
Ending Page	316
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	18745490
Journal	Neuroethics
Volume Number	7
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	18745504
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-05-08
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Dual-process theory Joshua Greene Moral decision-making Morality Neuroscience Ethics Neurology Neurobiology Neurosurgery Neuropsychology Neuroradiology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Neurology Health Policy Psychiatry and Mental Health

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No Need for Alarm: A Critical Analysis of Greene’s Dual-Process Theory of Moral Decision-Making