PSYC 2240 Lecture Notes - Sexual Intercourse, Culture War, Moral Authority
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Natural to be believed in the ethnic divinity (shweder: one is obligated to respect, preserved sanctity of the natural order of things, by supreme moral authority (ex. Immoral action to this ethic > violates natural order of things: sexual intercourse with chicken > disgusted = experiencing violation of ethic divinity. Moral reasoning not only about gut level reaction. Many kinds of actions people perceived as bad, but not immoral. To be considered immoral > needs to be viewed universally wrong & should be prevented. Ethic autonomy > principle that oral violations from causing harm. People come up w/ moral justification for strong emotions when witnessing undesirable. Low status does not rely on ethic autonomy > affected emotional reaction behaviours. American participants were just three blocks apart. Three blocks were all that separated a world of difference in reasoning of the issue morality.
