DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Intuitionism, Coin Flipping, Reciprocal Altruism
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Learning objectives: what are moral decisions, what makes moral, how do we make moral decisions, how do morals differ between cultures and individuals, brain. A social-cognitive perspective of moral identity 1. Immorality east and west: are immoral behaviors especially harmful or especially. Moral psychology is relationship regulation: moral motives for unity, hierarchy, equality. Cultural differences in moral judgement and behavior across and within societies 11. The new synthesis in moral psychology & moral reasoning: hints and allegations 14. Reflection and reasoning in moral judgment 17. Philosophers" biased judgments persist despite training, expertise and reflection. One influential model: two-dimension model of aquino and reed: suggests two dimensions of moral identity internalization & symbolization which predict moral outcomes. Core principle: situational cues (ex: seeing american flag) have the power to momentarily influence social information processing by activating or deactivating certain knowledge structures (ex: one"s national identity) or schemas in an individual"s working self-concept.
