Week 7 Flashcards
What is moral dumbfounding?
A decision that feels immoral, yet it is difficult to produce sufficient reasoning.
What is a tragic tradeoff?
A forced choice decision between sacred values.
What is a taboo tradeoff?
A choice to disregard sacred values for something (example: money) which morally shouldn’t be accepted.
What is a sacred value?
Individual moral values that remain regardless of potential benefits of forgoing said value.
What are examples of sacred values?
Loyalty, life, authority, environment, religion, sex, racism and more (changes based on location and circumstance)
What is dyadic morality?
Moral judgement based around 2 roles. The moral patient (victim) and moral agent (perpetrator) and their relationship based on harm inflicted.
What is the difference between dyadic morality and moral foundations?
Some moral foundations may cause unfavourable emotions, but not be necessarily harmful. Therefore, would not be considered with dyadic morality.
What is factor analysis?
relies on data only and does not consider theories
What are the moral foundations?
Harm, fairness, authority, loyalty and purity
What are the two globally accepted moral foundations?
Harm and fairness
What is the problem with the moral foundation theory?
Based on US data and therefore is not globally inclusive. Some countries have more or less foundations, and some don’t fit the foundations at all.
What are normative theories of morality?
Philosophy of right and wrong
What are positive theories of morality?
Understanding the process of making moral decisions
What are the two main parts of the self?
Me -self and I -self
What is ontological self?
mysterious inner self thought
