Of trolleys and cheaters automatic controlled processes in moral judgment

Of trolleys and cheaters automatic controlled processes in moral judgment / Joshua Greene.

Joshua Greene proposes a dual process theory of moral judgment that combines intuition and emotion with conscious control and reasoning. He argues that emotions play a causal role in moral reasoning and that, without them, humans tend toward utilitarian judgments.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greene, Joshua
Corporate Authors: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.). Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, Biological Foundations of Morality? Neuroscience, Evolution and Morality
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding Book
Published: 2010.
Series:CREC Listen and learn.
Subjects:
iTunes.
Podcasts.
Judgment (Ethics)
Ethics, Evolutionary.
Human evolution > Moral and ethical aspects.
Sociobiology > Philosophy.
Lectures.
Online Access:iTunes Download
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Summary:Joshua Greene proposes a dual process theory of moral judgment that combines intuition and emotion with conscious control and reasoning. He argues that emotions play a causal role in moral reasoning and that, without them, humans tend toward utilitarian judgments.
Item Description:Title from CREC Listen and Learn website.
Date of lecture: March 19, 2010
Sponsored by Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.
Greene is assistant professor of psychology and director of the Moral Cognition Lab at Harvard University.
Physical Description:1 sound file : digital, MP3 file.
Format:Available online as an iTunes download.
System requirements: Windows or Mac computer, Internet access, iTunes software.

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