PHILOS 2CT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ethical Dilemma, Moral Psychology, Rationality
21 Sep 2016
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Philos 2ct3 sept 20 2016 lecture. Outcome of an evaluation of normally good vs normally bad. A judgement that evaluates an action as either right or wrong: it"s a question of what actions are moral or not. Some theories see ethical decisions as made possible by rationality: what makes us truly moral are the cognitive capacities that make us rational. Some theories assume that emotion is what"s involved when it comes to make a moral choice: morality is something that is intrinsically affective. Emotions: mental states associated with affective responses like contempt, disgust, love, sadness, fear. Affective response is one that feels good or bad: involves the doxastic or cognitive mental states associated with deliberative abstract reasoning. Whatever allows us to go through premises and deliberate. Volitions: conative states associated with practical motivation, desires. Associated with what motivates you to act, things you desire.
