Morality

Morality

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People everywhere 1. think it is bad to harm others, 2. have a sense of fairness, 3. value community, 4. respect people with authority, 5. glorify purity.

https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind#t-335902 http://www.uky.edu/AS/PoliSci/Peffley/pdf/PINKER%2008%20The%20Moral%20Instinct%20-%20New%20York%20Times.pdf

4-year-old children say that it is not O.K. to wear pyjamas to school.

When asked whether it would be O.K. if the teacher allowed

them, most of the children said that wearing pyjamas would now be fine.

http://www.uky.edu/AS/PoliSci/Peffley/pdf/PINKER%2008%20The%20Moral%20Instinct%20-%20New%20York%20Times.pdf

4-year-old children say that it is not ok to hit a little girl for no reason.

When asked whether these actions would be ok if the teacher allowed them, most of the children said that hitting a little girl would still not be ok. http://www.uky.edu/AS/PoliSci/Peffley/pdf/PINKER%2008%20The%20Moral%20Instinct%20-%20New%20York%20Times.pdf

A categorical imperative is a moral rule. It describes what we are required to do independently of what we may desire or prefer. Example: Never lie.

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Categorical_imperative

Consequentialism is the view that morality is all about producing the right kinds of overall consequences.

By contrast, the deontological theories of Immanuel Kant – including the categorical imperative - are nonconsequentialist. http://www.iep.utm.edu/conseque/

The doctrine of double effect says that if doing something morally good has a morally bad side-effect, it's ethically OK to do it providing the bad side-effect wasn't intended.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia/overview/doubleeffect.shtml

According to the Social Intuitionist Model, moral judgments are initially the product of non-conscious automatic intuitive processing. The model emphasizes the importance of social and cultural influences and deemphasizes the private reasoning done by individuals. http://www.smatthewliao.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/liao_bias_and_reasoning.htm http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~maccoun/LP_Haidt.pdf