ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Consequentialism, Executive Functions, Deontological Ethics
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Key words: moral judgment, moral foundations, moral reasoning, moral motives, moral identity, social intuitionism, dual system theory. Moral reasoning process in which individuals try to determine the difference between what is right and what is wrong by using logic. Conscious mental activity through which one evaluates a moral judgment for its (in)consistency with other moral commitments where these commitments are to moral principles and (in some case) particular moral judgements. Based his study on children s development (gave kids heinz dilemma with stealing drug to save dying wife) Emotional component capacity to share and become affectively aroused by others emotions. When highly empathetic: more readily aroused by others distress & own arousal then motivates rather than overwhelms the desire to alleviate the other s distress (automatic) Motivational component empathetic concern urge of caring for another s welfare integral for maintaining social relationships lack of empathetic concern diminishes aversion of harming others.
