The Normative Significance of Empirical Moral Psychology
The Normative Significance of Empirical Moral Psychology
Author(s): Tomasz ŻuradzkiSubject(s): Philosophy, Psychology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: moral psychology; empirical ethics; moral reasoning; meta-ethics; empathy; debunking arguments; foreign-language effect; the veil of ignorance; dual-process theory
Summary/Abstract: Many psychologists have tried to reveal the formation and processing of moral judgments by using a variety of empirical methods: behavioral data, tests of statistical significance, and brain imaging. Meanwhile, some scholars maintain that the new empirical findings of the ways we make moral judgments question the trustworthiness and authority of many intuitive ethical responses. The aim of this special issue is to encourage scholars to rethink how, if at all, it is possible to draw any normative conclusions by discovering the psychological processes underlying moral judgments.
Journal: Diametros
- Issue Year: 17/2020
- Issue No: 64
- Page Range: 1-5
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English