A new fMRI study reveals that university students prioritize fairness and helping the worst-off over minimizing total harm when making ethical decisions. Researchers found that Rawlsian fairness principles trump utilitarian approaches in moral choice
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Moral Decision-Making Study focus
FMRI Brain Imaging Method
Fairness Prioritized Key finding
PNAS Nexus Publication
Fairness Prioritized Over Utilitarianism insight
Rawlsian Ethics framework