Essays about: "Dual-Process Theory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words Dual-Process Theory.

  1. 11. The Dual-Process Theory of Moral Judgments : A Way of Explaining Why VMPFC Patients Make More Utilitarian Judgments in Relation to Harmful Situations

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Ava Radpour; [2014]
    Keywords : VMPFC; Moral Judgments; Dual-process theory; Trolley dilemma; Footbridge dilemma;

    Abstract : According to Joshua Greene’s dual-process theory, our moral judgments are processed in one of two systems in the brain referred to as the emotional (quick, unconscious) and rational (slow, conscious) system. The reason for why people tend to answer differently in the footbridge dilemma compared to the trolley dilemma is because the emotional system is dominating over the rational system. READ MORE

  2. 12. Abstractions in Judgment: Does Construal Level Influence the System Specific Reasoning of Dual Process Theory?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Karl Drejing; [2013]
    Keywords : Science General;

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  3. 13. Implicit and Explicit Moral Reasoning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofi

    Author : Anders Persson; [2012]
    Keywords : implicit; explicit; moral reasoning; dual-process; dual-system; greene; haidt; blameworthy; consequentialism; deontology; trolley; footbridge; kahane; implicit bias; elephant and the rider; naturalistic fallacy; ought-is; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : In this paper I examine potential implications of how a “Dual-process theory” of the mind can influence ethical theory. It is a theory dividing the brain in two system, an (1) implicit system, as intuitive, automatic and unconscious, and an (2) explicit system, as a deductive and conscious process. READ MORE

  4. 14. Moral Cognition and Emotion: A Dual-Process Model of Moral Judgment

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Jessica Määttä; [2011]
    Keywords : The dual-process model; moral cognition; moral judgment; moral reasoning; deontology; consequentialism;

    Abstract : Cognitive and emotional processes both seem to contribute in the production of moral judgments, but how they interact is still under investigation. Greene’s dual-process model suggests that these processes constitute dissociable systems in the brain, which are hypothesized to give rise to two qualitatively different ways of moral thinking characterized by two normative moral theories, consequentialism and deontology. READ MORE

  5. 15. State trajectories and social transaction costs : Reflections on differentation and social order

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Olle Frödin; [2005]
    Keywords : social integrering; social differentiering; socialt kapital; Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The paper addresses the classical sociological problem concerning the dual process of social integration and differentiation, and puts it in relation to the contemporary discourse of social capital. A number of analytical problems related to social capital are considered with specific reference to the theoretical development which turned the concept into an explaining variable of social integration. READ MORE