Essays about: "Moral cognition"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Moral cognition.

1. 1. Effects of personal perspective on an individuals’ moral intuition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Petra Hassellöf Olsson; Sara Molavi; [2024]
   Keywords : Moral cognition; moral intuition; personal perspective framing; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Can we manipulate how morally permissible or unjustifiable someone finds a certain action by framing a dilemma in either a first- or third-person perspective? This online study aims to investigate this question through a between-group study. 42 participants, recruited through social media, on campus, and through snowballing, were divided into two groups and asked to rank nine different moral actions from fully morally permissible to fully morally unjustifiable, the only difference between the groups being the personal perspective framing. READ MORE

3. 2. Belief in Karma and Political Attitudes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Albin Östervall; [2022]
   Keywords : karma; karmic belief; political attitudes; ideology; India; Indian politics; conservative dispositions; caste; caste system; varnas; political psychology; political sociology; conservatism; laissez faire; authoritarianism; status quo conservatism; equality; BJP; motivated social cognition; Weber; death penalty; capital punishment; ableism; ableist attitudes; personal responsibility; samsara; ahimsa; retributivism; theodicy; just world belief; karmic causation; justice reasoning; legitimizing myth; legitimizing ideology; Hinduism; Hindutva; politics; religion; karma index;

   Abstract : Many scholars have discussed the sociopolitical consequences of belief in karma but few have investigated such relationships quantitatively. This study aims to establish empirical patterns concerning the connection between karmic beliefs and attitudes related to (i) political ideology, (ii) ableism, and (iii) views on the death penalty. READ MORE

4. 3. Morality and artificial intelligence : The neural correlates of moral cognition and contributing findings from neuroscience to artificial intelligence

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Emma Nicklasson; [2020]
   Keywords : Moral cognition; neural correlates; artificial intelligence; moral judgement;

   Abstract : The essay aims to provide an overview of existing research on moral cognition and its neural correlates, as well as to highlight aspects in which the findings from the field of cognitive neuroscience can add to the understanding of the challenges that arise from having artificial systems as moral decision-makers. Morality is an important characteristic of the human way of life and a central mechanism in the modern society. READ MORE

5. 4. Dehumanization in the brain

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Joel Thyberg; [2019]
   Keywords : Dehumanization; Social cognition; Medial prefrontal cortex; Blatant dehumanization;

   Abstract : Dehumanization is a process whereby people fail to view others as human beings. Instead, the others are perceived as nonhuman animals or objects, unworthy of the same moral treatment. Dehumanization has previously been studied in a variety of different scholarly domains without adhering to a uniform theoretical framework. READ MORE

6. 5. Moral cognition and its neural correlates : Possibilites for enhancement of moral cognition and behavior

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Elin Vidlund; [2018]
   Keywords : Moral cognition; moral enhancement; neural correlates of moral cognition; empathy; compassion; theory of mind;

   Abstract : This essay aims to provide an overview of some key theories and frameworks regarding moral cognition and its neural correlates, in order to examine the possibilities of enhancement of moral cognition. Moral cognition arises from the functional integration of several distinct brain regions and networks. READ MORE