PHILOS 2CT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ethical Dilemma, Moral Psychology, Rationality
26 Sep 2016
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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. Rationality: involves the doxastic or cognitive mental states associated with deliberative abstract reasoning. Volition: conative states associated with practical motivation, desires. What leads you to act for desires. *philosophers all think differently about how these work together. Rationalism - morality is all about reasoning through a problem and working out the implications of various possible courses of action. The ability to reason is the supreme path to distinguishing right from wrong (kohlberg, 1969) Rationalists would say that moral judgement is by reasoning, considering various actions and consequences. Does not exclude emotion that play a role in moral judgement.
