Morality

Morality

Moralization
1. Transformation of preferences to values
  1. Ex - veganism
Moral reasoning
1. Utilitarian reasoning
  1. Basing decisions on the outcomes of an action
2. Deontological reasoning
  1. Basing decisions on reduction of harm
Moral emotions
1. Feelings as information
  1. I feel good, so I must like this
  2. Creates rapid decision making
2. Moral triad of emotions
  1. Disgust
    1. Elicited by violations of divinity - purity, cleanliness
      1. Incest
  2. Anger
    1. Elicited by violations of autonomy - personal harm
      1. Abuse
  3. Contempt
    1. Elicited by violations of community - hierarchy
      1. Refusing to give seat to elderly woman
3. Social intuitionist model
  1. Making moral judgements based on emotional reaction
Dual process theory of moral reasoning
1. Emotional and utilitarian processes are involved
  1. Strong arguments for utilitarian and emotional decisions create conflict
    1. Creates more activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC)
    2. People who chose utilitarian argument had more activity in the dorsal prefrontal cortex
Moral forecasting and moral action
1. Moral forecasting
  1. Predicting what you would do in a real world dilemma
2. Moral action
  1. Behaviour in a real world dilemma
3. People overestimate how many times they would cheat on a test
4. We are more physiologically aroused when actually in a moral dilemma than just thinking about it

Resource summary

	Created by andreaarose over 10 years ago