There is a place for emotion within moral reasoning, in fact emotions are essential in the process of gaining moral understanding. Morality consists of principles that tell individuals how they ought to treat one another regarding what is considered right and wrong. To truly understand one another, we must understand each other’s emotions. Feelings are most commonly associated with women since men make most rational decisions and ideas, and as a result, these decisions are flawed to an extent. To prevent this, women should be more involved in the philosophical reasoning process.
In Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory, Virginia states that emotions are essential in the process of gaining moral understanding. Held argues that the male bias …show more content…
Emotions can help people make decisions based on their particular situation and self-interest. The purpose of emotion is to facilitate awareness and action. If individuals choose to disregard feelings when making crucial decisions it can lead others to feel dissatisfied because the decision is not necessarily made in their best interest. John Stuart Mill believes that one should make decisions based on how they promote happiness since it is considered immoral to encourage the reverse. Even though Mill says that these decisions should be rational, they still take into mind how others feel. Kant says that all moral problems can be handled by applying an impartial, pure, rational principle to a particular case. Individuals can gain moral understanding by instructing people on how to pursue particular objectives most rationally. Immanuel Kant created the categorical imperative which is based upon the idea that morality is derived from rationality and all moral judgements are logically supported. Kant argues that this is the standard of rationality, and it is how we can gain moral understanding. In using the categorical imperative, one can act as reason recommends and resist yielding to emotional inclinations and desires in conflict with our rational …show more content…
Sigmund Freud says that girls are much slower than boys to develop a sense of themselves as autonomous moral agents personally responsible for the consequences of their actions or inactions. He attributed this supposed moral inferiority to girls’ psychosexual development. Feminists argue that Freud’s theory is sexist and it refuses to recognize that women’s sexualities are independent of men. This theory and others like it have concluded that women are not as civilized as men. This is because it is believed that to be civilized, decisions have to be made with logic rather than intuition. Since women are known to decide using their hearts rather than their heads, they are considered less civilized than men. Lawrence Kohlberg held the belief that moral reasoning is the basis for ethical behaviour and came up with six identifiable developmental stages to evaluate how morally people behave. It is believed to be that men are able to reach the sixth stage, whereas women stop developing at three. This is because women tend to focus on maintaining relationships and care more about the well-being of others, whereas men focus on the logistics of a situation and are usually less concerned with who it will
In Feminist Transformations of Moral Theory, Virginia states that emotions are essential in the process of gaining moral understanding. Held argues that the male bias …show more content…
Emotions can help people make decisions based on their particular situation and self-interest. The purpose of emotion is to facilitate awareness and action. If individuals choose to disregard feelings when making crucial decisions it can lead others to feel dissatisfied because the decision is not necessarily made in their best interest. John Stuart Mill believes that one should make decisions based on how they promote happiness since it is considered immoral to encourage the reverse. Even though Mill says that these decisions should be rational, they still take into mind how others feel. Kant says that all moral problems can be handled by applying an impartial, pure, rational principle to a particular case. Individuals can gain moral understanding by instructing people on how to pursue particular objectives most rationally. Immanuel Kant created the categorical imperative which is based upon the idea that morality is derived from rationality and all moral judgements are logically supported. Kant argues that this is the standard of rationality, and it is how we can gain moral understanding. In using the categorical imperative, one can act as reason recommends and resist yielding to emotional inclinations and desires in conflict with our rational …show more content…
Sigmund Freud says that girls are much slower than boys to develop a sense of themselves as autonomous moral agents personally responsible for the consequences of their actions or inactions. He attributed this supposed moral inferiority to girls’ psychosexual development. Feminists argue that Freud’s theory is sexist and it refuses to recognize that women’s sexualities are independent of men. This theory and others like it have concluded that women are not as civilized as men. This is because it is believed that to be civilized, decisions have to be made with logic rather than intuition. Since women are known to decide using their hearts rather than their heads, they are considered less civilized than men. Lawrence Kohlberg held the belief that moral reasoning is the basis for ethical behaviour and came up with six identifiable developmental stages to evaluate how morally people behave. It is believed to be that men are able to reach the sixth stage, whereas women stop developing at three. This is because women tend to focus on maintaining relationships and care more about the well-being of others, whereas men focus on the logistics of a situation and are usually less concerned with who it will