PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Social Order, Social Contract, Dual Process Theory
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You think its wrong to steal the drug can get in trouble disrupt society: authority and social order maintaining orientation, based on laws, i wouldn"t steal because that"s illegal. Feelings provide us with information that guide us towards making the right decisions. Feelings as information: emotions used as making judgements. Emotion based reasoning reduces most of the things you have to weight to come to a conclusion. Study: when they didn"t mention the weather peoples reports of life were relevant to how they were feeling. When they asked the weather they were all feeling great about life. There are 3 key moral emotions as response and for moral reasoning: disgust, anger, content. We feel very angry when someone is victim. Social intuitionist model: there are 2 steps of moral reasoning: make your judgements based on emotional reaction, try to come up with acceptable justification for that reaction. There are 2 ways to approach a moral question.
