Most critics of species egalitarianism point to its counter-intuitive implications in particular cases. But this argumentative strategy is vulnerable to the response that our intuitions should give way in the face of arguments showing that species egalitarianism is required by our deepest, most fundamental moral principles. In this article, I develop an argument against deontological versions o...

Going back to Kohlberg, moral development research affirms that people progress through different stages of moral reasoning as cognitive abilities mature. Individuals at a lower level of moral reasoning judge moral issues mainly based on self-interest (personal interests schema) or based on adherence to laws and rules (maintaining norms schema), whereas individuals at the post-conventional leve...

A man should always act with good intentions. It is thoughts and virtuous actions that ultimately bring to a person. Realizing this, the scholars guided kings help of tool knowledge. Apart from that, they paved way for blossoming in minds establishment governance. And Purananooru suggests poets imparted rulers moral principles king protect his subjects like mother who protects her child little ...

We critically review the mushrooming literature addressing the neural mechanisms of moral cognition (NMMC), reaching the following broad conclusions: (1) research mainly focuses on three inter-related categories: the moral emotions, moral social cognition, and abstract moral reasoning. (2) Research varies in terms of whether it deploys ecologically valid or experimentally simplified conceptions...

According to the Cambridge dictionary poetic justice is defined as an occasion when something bad happens a person who seems deserve it usually because of things that has done or can be understood punishment reward you feel just. In literature, refers outcome in which evil characters are punished and virtuous rewarded. The term was coined by English literary critic Thomas Rhymer 17th century, i...