PHIL 2550 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Moral Psychology, Reciprocal Altruism, Inequity Aversion
9 Feb 2018
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Reasons moral explanations for why something is wrong. Suppose you want to change your behavior, or patterns of behavior in society. You have to understand how these things work moral belief and moral behavior. Psychology, anthropology, sociology, history, cognitive science, neuroscience, linguistics. Moral philosophy offers theories that explain and systematize the data. Intuitions arise as a result of a psychological process. B- 1/3 chance that 600 are saved, 2/3 chance that 0 saved. D- 1/3 chance that 0 will die, 2/3 chance that 600 will die. Empirical work might be at the foundation of our understanding of our moral beliefs, and whether they are reliable. Tamsin shaw, the psychologists take power" ny review of books. Greene: a fast, intuitive system that responds to personally-relevant threats and emotionally- resonant issues. And a slower (more rational?) system that is able to work through connections between things, to consciously apply reasons, etc. Shaw was worried about moral assumptions buried in the argument.
