Biological Foundations on Moral Norms

Question 1

What does cultural indoctrination and social learning models of moralization fail to explain? (4)

Answer 1

1. Where moral norms came from
2. How the decision was made to promote some norms
3. Why only some morals are followed
4. Why some morals transcend cultures

Question 2

______ moral judgements characterize people as good or bad. It is used to control the behavior of those being judged

Answer 2

Aretaic

Question 3

The difference between cultural indoctrination models and evolutionary models is that the latter suggests moral teachers don’t teach morals for the sake of morality, but for …

Answer 3

teaching the recipients to act in away that advances their biological interests

Question 4

_____ moral judgements states that people should or should not behave in particular ways

Answer 4

Deontic