PHIL 2550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cognitive Load, Psych
14 Mar 2017
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It"s hard to imagine any way to develop a moral theory without relying on moral intuitions at all (246: the premises of moral intuitions are seen throughout the 3 basic perspectives seen at the beginning of the course. Philosophers say that moral institutions are problematic. Why: moral intuitions can lead to morally questionable actions, do not seem to rely on rational evaluation, might not be based on the right kinds of facts. Moral intuitions are unreliable to the extent that morally irrelevant factors affect moral intuitions (247) this questions the reliably of our moral intuitions. We have discussed that moral intuitions seem to be unavoidable. We need to know about the processes that produce moral intuitions before we can determine whether moral intuition are justified . Authors adopt an approach that starts from the position that moral intuitions are shaped and driven by heuristic.
