Essays about: "moral psychology"

Showing result 21 - 24 of 24 essays containing the words moral psychology.

  1. 21. Testing the Explanation Hypothesis using Experimental Methods

    University essay from Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Erik Johansson; [2010]
    Keywords : Moral Psychology; Experimental Philosophy;

    Abstract : The Explanation Hypothesis is a psychological hypothesis about how people attribute moral responsibility. The hypothesis makes general claims about everyday thinking of moral responsibility and is also said to have important consequences for related philosophical issues. READ MORE

  3. 22. TRIGGERS OF ACUTE CHANGES IN ETHICAL ATTITUDE : Do Honour Codes cause Priming Effects?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Dr. David Kitz Krämer; [2009]
    Keywords : honour codes; ethical conduct; priming effects; mere-exposure effect;

    Abstract : The recent turbulences that led to a global financial crisis have partially been triggered by immoral and overly egoistic behaviour. In the wake of the disaster many have asked, and keep asking, how a sustainable and socially fair economy can be build. Ethics is one of the cornerstones of human interaction in general and in economic interaction. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Magic Moral Survey: Choice blindness in the moral domain

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Thomas Strandberg; [2009]
    Keywords : Change Blindness; Choice Blindness; Consciousness; Confabulation; Decision Making; Experimental Psychology; Introspection; Magic; Moral; X-Phi.; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : It has been argued that the choice blindness effect is only present in quick and intuitive tasks such as preference decisions for faces or shapes, and not when it comes to more important and deliberative decisions involving issues like moral, political or religious beliefs. To answers this criticism, using a method inspired by close up magic, we investigated whether participants would notice changes made to previously evaluated moral dilemmas, and also if these manipulations would in any way affect the participants' explanations of their previous evaluations. READ MORE

  5. 24. Reason and Emotion in Moral Judgement : Rational Thinking and the Discounting of Irrelevant Affect

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Roberta Ghetti; [2005]
    Keywords : moral; värderingar; känslor; moral judgement; rationality; emotion; intuition; disgust; Psychology; Psykologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : An experiment was conducted to see if a deeper level of thought can reduce the impact that the basic emotion of disgust has on moral judgement. 58 university students (30 male and 28 female) participated in the experiment. READ MORE