Moral psychology

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.…

influences of morality to use tactics in everyday life. The base of people’s morality is aided from theories. The Elements of Moral Philosophy by James Rachel expands further explanations on moral thinking. Each plan of Utilitarianism, Social Contract Theory, Kant's Theory, Care Based Feminists writings and Virtue Moral Theories, assist with moral principles within my life. The moral principle in my lifestyle is affected by the Utilitarianism approach. The theory relies solely on, “This…

argue that moral paradoxes do exist, and everyone will eventually face one. My argument proceeds by analyzing the definition of a paradox, looking at real life examples, and discussing how we try to make our decisions. At some point in life, everyone will face a moral paradox. Although there is controversy over whether such things exist, we look to the definition of a paradox for the answer. One of the elements of a paradox is a seemingly unacceptable conclusion. When the dilemma is moral, the…

Ethics are a fundamental concern of sociologists when they are conducting research. 7.) Was it ethical to do these experiments? If yes, which ones and why? If not, why not? I do not think that it was ethical to do any of these experiments because it basically exploited these people and their well-being. Even though these people signed up to do this experiment, the treatment of them was extremely unethical and could have even been damaging. The only way this could have been ethical in my mind was…

Each society raised some kind of moral requirements, qualities for its members. Usually, these requirements defined as ethnics, the essence of which is to find the right answers to the “crucial moral questions “What should I do?” or “What kind of person should I become?”” . These are very practical questions that have to be answered in specific and different situations under divergent circumstances. The application of different ethical theories provides different answers for mentioning questions…

another article that talks about this subject and unpacks what that means and what he’s talking about. This article proved helpful in comparing ethics and morality for me. In the article Dr. McGavin talks about how morals are norms that decide our behaviors while ethics is the study of morals and why we have them and the justification behind them. He also takes a look into what ethics involves and mean. Like how ethics is what the norm is in a certain culture or place. For example,…

about Cultural Relativism, Subjectivism, Divine Command Theory, Ethical Egoism, and Social Contract. Each of these theories has their own unique takes on what a person’s morals should be based off and how they are perceived. One theory that stems from morality is known as Cultural Relativism. This concept essentially states that moral codes are distinctive amongst different cultures. In other words, what is acceptable in one culture may horrify another and therefore a culture’s customs cannot be…

In The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt, he describes how six moral foundations impact the way people respond to different social circumstances. The moral foundation of loyalty/ betrayal, authority/subversion, and care/ harm are prevalently demonstrated between characters in Charles Dicken’s novel, Hard Times. These moral foundations were created to be “Universal cognitive modules upon which cultures construct moral matrices” and were formed by finding “Adaptive challenges of social life… and…

the setting and society of the Omelas. The piece takes a rather dark turn when attention is called to the malnourished child who lives under the city in a constant state of suffering to keep the rest of the population above content. Who takes the moral responsibility for the poor existence that the child is forced to abide in? The whole purpose of the passage is to emphasize that pure happiness does not come without sacrifice. This discovery poses a question to the reader “Could you live in an…

action is right or wrong, depends on the moral norms of the society in which it is practiced. One action may be morally right in one society but, be morally wrong in another. Ethical relativists believe there are no universal moral standards. One society cannot judge another society. Moral standards can only be judged within a society. Many people do not agree with ethical relativism because there should be some sort of baseline that we can judge a person’s morals. Of course, there will always…