PHIL 2550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jonathan Haidt
10 Feb 2018
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Moral; hold independent of any authority, universally applicable, justified to appeal to harm done to others, their rights, violations are very serious. Conventional; authority dependent, locally applicable, justified by appeal to convention, violations not as serious. Kids seem to latch on easy to the difference between moral and conventional. Multi- system moral psychology; (cid:862)moral judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t is the produ(cid:272)t of i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:373)petitio(cid:374) (cid:271)etwee(cid:374) distinct psychological syste(cid:373)s. (cid:863) A part of the mind that performs a specialized function(s), perhaps in a specialized way(s). Visual system (forms a specialized function) auditory system (provides 3d representation with sound waves) Judgements of bodily harm are often at issue. Be careful not to slide from evidence of different psychological processes to the posit of different psychological systems. Joshua gree(cid:374)e"s (cid:373)odel; perso(cid:374)al har(cid:373) triggers a(cid:374) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)al alar(cid:373) (cid:271)ell; do(cid:374)"t do it! Dde (doctrine of double effect); one should not employ morally bad means. People might be judging that pushing the man involves physical contact, which is aversive.
