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Societies and<br />

cultures<br />

Biological<br />

functions<br />

Value Evidence Value Evidence Value Evidence Value Evidence Value<br />

Passions, emotions<br />

and feelings<br />

Situation or question<br />

Decision outcome<br />

Figure 2. The complex values + evidence model of reasoning<br />

Professional<br />

cultures and<br />

institutions<br />

Life experience<br />

Of course, a visual representation of decision making can never fully represent the<br />

intricacy and complexity of human reasoning. At any one moment our senses are<br />

bombarded with evidence, our mind processes the evidence and our values work to<br />

guide and inform our reasoning. But what is demonstrated is the integral and<br />

multifaceted role of values in decision making.<br />

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