Character is the combination of our known responses (what people have done in the past) and our values (what our people prefer to do). We must eliminate the many responses that our people would not value.” In layman’s terms, our character draws from two libraries: (1) our life history of observed responses of how to act, and (2) the values of “our people.” Our brain scans both of these libraries to form our spontaneous behavior. The prefrontal cortex accesses the library of our observed examples and eliminates options that are contrary to our values. When examples from my past match my current
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