{"id":69,"date":"2009-07-02T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T12:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/morality-does-it-come-from-the-heart-or-the-head.html"},"modified":"2009-07-02T12:03:07","modified_gmt":"2009-07-02T12:03:07","slug":"morality-does-it-come-from-the-heart-or-the-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/07\/morality-does-it-come-from-the-heart-or-the-head.html","title":{"rendered":"Morality: Does It Come From the Heart or the Head?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across an interesting argument today by way of a friend, who sent me a link to an article in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/\">Fast Company<\/a> magazine. I thought I&#8217;d share it because it asks an important question: are we ethical for logical reasons, or emotional ones?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The authors come to a surprising conclusion: the gut is more ethical than the brain.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The article (it <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">is<\/span> in Fast Company, after all) draws an interesting parallel to our current financial woes, and to predatory lending practices and sub-prime mortgages. The suggestion is that lenders and investors knew in their guts they were making unethical choices, while their heads were telling them to keep taking extraordinary risks. Take a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/magazine\/137\/made-to-stick-in-defense-of-feelings.html?partner=homepage_newsletter\">read through the article<\/a> and share your thoughts!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across an interesting argument today by way of a friend, who sent me a link to an article in Fast Company magazine. I thought I&#8217;d share it because it asks an important question: are we ethical for logical reasons, or emotional ones? 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