The total longitudinal form view of human beings is a metaphysical view which aims to locate our moral judgements about human embryos in a broader set of attitudes and characterisations. On this basis it has explanatory power and a real function in that it grounds our ethical discussion of embryos in other discourses. Contra Leavitt, this grounding suggests a broader criterion of relevance for ...

The moral acts of 19 dyads of 4-year-olds in a cognitively simplified version of Prisoner's Dilemma were analyzed in relationship to their friendship, emotions, and processes of conflict resolution. Degree of friendship was rated by teachers; two sociologists used a Q-sort of Group Processes to describe the dyads' interactions; the emotions of each child were coded from videotape--independently...

People tend to respond realistically to situations and events in immersive Virtual Reality (VR). Our research exploits this finding to test the hypothesis that the psychology underlying moral judgement is distinct from the psychology that drives moral action. We have conducted an online survey study with 80 respondents on people’s judgments of moral dilemmas. Additionally, we have carried out a...

This paper highlights the principle of non-maleficence from sections of the Hippocratic oath and those entailed in various declarations of medical ethics and conduct. The moral dilemmas associated with adherence or efforts at adherence to the principle were indicated with the use of prepared cases. The centrality of the paper is the moral conflict encountered by physicians in their efforts at m...

Several studies have highlighted the combined role of emotions and reasoning in the determination of judgments about morality. Here we explore the influence of Kolmogorov complexity in the determination, not only of moral judgment, but also of the associated narrative interest. We designed an experiment to test the predictions of our complexity-based model when applied to moral dilemmas. It con...

It is widely held that a morally wrong action impermissible. I discuss case of contrived self-defense and argue it both permissible. compare with other kinds permissible misbehavior (suberogation, moral dilemma, right to do wrong) show significant original.

Abstract The idea that our epistemic practices can be wrongful has been the core observation driving growing literature on injustice, doxastic wronging, and moral encroachment. But, one element of practice starkly absent from this discussion morality: attention. goal article is to show attention a worthwhile focus for epistemology, especially field morality. After presenting new dilemma propone...

The neural basis of morality: not just where, but when We have known for some time that an intact ventromedial pre-frontal cortex (PFC) is essential for normal social and moral functioning , thanks in large part to studies of individuals who have suffered damage to it (Damasio, 1994). In this issue of Brain, Taber-Thomas and colleagues report that the specific nature of a person's moral impairm...