I heard a minister on the radio talking about the state of the world. He said we were not just facing a financial crisis; we are also facing a spiritual crisis. Somehow the values of freedom and democracy had been blown out of proportion, overshadowing our values of community and the common good. Individualism bred selfishness and short-termism, leaving us drowning in a sea of greed.

So how does the brain play into this? If humans are basically social animals, wouldn’t most of us put “good before greed?”