CRM/LAW C163 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Mahzarin Banaji, Slippery Slope, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C163
• Professor: Geoff Ward

Document Summary

How it is that we become moral; if we"re capable of becoming moral. Normative ethics, or the question of whether and how we should be moral, presumes that the morality is possible (meta-ethically) A few considerations: egoism and moral psychology, psychological vs ethical egoism, inclusive fitness and reciprocal altruism (mutual interest) Reciprocal altruism = treating others how you want to be treated; example by which we act beyond our self- interest and because it is in our self-interest; expect kindness to be returned to us. An area of study concerned with the psychological issues within ethics, including such questions as: moral motivation: what motivates people to be moral, psychological egoism: is it possible to be motivated by something other than self-interest. What are the changes, stages or levels associated with development? (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Egoism = form of motivation where decisions and acts are motivated primarily, if not exclusively, by self-interest.