Moral psychology

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on to say that morals are defined culturally based on what the previous generations deemed appropriate. She uses marginalized groups such as homosexuals to illustrate her point more fully. She references ancient Greece where homosexuality did not have a negative connotation and the act was not immoral, however, in certain parts of america homosexuality is looked down upon and gay bashing is commonplace. She uses this example to clearly show that different cultures have different moral standards…

meaning to the Ideal Observer Theory it was Robert Firth’s article “Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer” that took it to the next level. Firth presents a different kind of analysis of ethical statements that is more modern. According to Firth, moral propositions avoid using expressions so an Ideal Observer must be congruent to an absolutist dispositional analysis. Although Firth hints that that it is not necessary for an Ideal Observer does not define who…

think of themselves as moral human beings. They often directly link their moral judgments to reason alone. However, in the 18th century, Hume made the suggestion that moral judgments could be based on emotions rather than unadulterated reason. In his Moral Philosophy, Hume argues that moral distinctions are not derived from reason, but rather determined by moral emotions: feelings of approval, or disgust felt by spectators who contemplate a moral trait or action (Owen, 1992). Moral judgments…

It is morally acceptable for one's self to believe that African Americans are inferior and that an Obama presidency will be disastrous for our country. Ethical Subjectivism claims that since there is no universal moral code or truths, people cannot be told that any of their morals is morally wrong or even right. If a person sincerely believes that it is right to burn a church down because the occupants are African American, according to ethical subjectivism no one can set up and say that is…

Introduction: The concept of character is not new; however, many college sports programs focus not only on building winning teams, but also building strong character in athletes. For instance, not all college athletes get the chance to play professional; therefore, coaches strive to implement characteristics in their athletes to be successful on and off the field. Why is this prevalent? While it is true that the origin for this phenomenon lies in traditional beliefs that character trumps talent…

In Russ Shafer-Landau’s text, he discusses Ethical Objectivism, revealing that moral ethics are true simply by definition. He also addresses objections to Ethical Objectivism, one of which is J.L. Mackie’s Error Theory. The Error Theory maintains that since there are so many disagreements about ethics, there is no way to prove that moral ethics are true, and thus moral ethics cannot simply be true by definition as Shafer-Landau and his Ethical Objectivism theory claims they are. Mackie agrees…

much it is meddled with to suit the needs of someone, will not change. Ethics is the study of a way of life and its values, including a system of general moral principles and the conception of morality and its foundations. Ethical relativism states that ethics are a matter of cultural norms, while ethical absolutism states that there is one set moral standard. Truth may be difficult to find, but that sole fact is not proof of its absence. Ethics do not change, even if society has not…

one that states that there is no right or wrong, simply that people from different areas of the world and from different cultures have their own set of beliefs and way of doing things. This fits into ethical relativism because in theory there are no moral principles that are universal and the same throughout the world. This theory claims that it would be impossible for one single set of rules or ‘rights and wrongs’ to ever pertain to everyone on the planet, because there is not a universal set…

Cultural or moral relativism cannot be correct as all humans share and follow universal norms as they live their everyday lives. Each individual is faced with decisions at time to time, and they make their decision based on what they believe is correct. Most of the things that humans believe in, which are correct, relate back to universal norms. If groups or majorities believe something is right and they teach or praise this belief around the world it can be known as a universal norm (Demuijnck,…