PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Steven Pinker, White Noise, Noble Savage
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Ex) a son saves up money to go on a camping trip that his father promises he could attend. Once he has earned enough money, his father says his son should give him the money he"s earned so that he can go on a fishing trip. Ex) a woman is sick and dying. She needs a newly created drug which is very expensive. Her husband tries to get money to pay for the drug, but still didn"t have enough so he asks the inventor of the drug to give it to him now and he can pay later, but the inventor refuses. Wanting to save his wife"s life, the husband contemplates stealing drug. Should he do it: anouk thought it was wrong for him to steal drug because he could be caught by police. Morality is not innate because of this variability, but there is a high degree of commonality in humans.
