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Moral psychology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moral psychology is a field of study in both philosophy and psychology. Some use the term "moral psychology" relatively narrowly to refer to the study of moral development. However, others tend to us...
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Morality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morality (from the Latin "manner, character, proper behavior") has three principal meanings. In its first, descriptive usage, morality means a code of conduct or belief which is held to be authoritat...
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Long thought to be a topic of enquiry within the humanities, the nature of human morality is increasingly being scrutinised by the natural sciences. This shift is now beginning to provide ... This intuitionist perspective marks a sharp break from traditional “rationalist” approaches in moral psychology,
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Lecture Series on Morality, Democracy and Education ... more ... Psychology of Morality and Democracy &; Applications in Education ... ; Can Morality be Taught? Research Findings from Modern Moral Psychology.
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The cognitive scientific literature on moral psychology, on the other hand, is hopelessly muddled. ... Is morality a natural kind in the brain, or to use a stranger label, a cognitive kind? How much influence does conscious reasoning have on our moral judgments and behavior? How does communication affect moral judgment?
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Some traditional moral philosophers still vehemently deny that empirical science does or can teach any revolutionary lessons about morality or its status. However these debates play out, it seems clear that twenty-first century moral philosophers cannot continue to ignore psychology and biology.
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Kenworthey Bilz and Janice Nadler have posted their manuscript “Law, Psychology & Morality.” (forthcoming in Moral Cognition and Decision Making (D. Medin, L. Skitka, C. W. Bauman, & D. Bartels, eds., Academic Press, 2009)) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract.
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