Moral Emotions

First of all he establishes his logic and reasoning by using his research too back up his argument.. His surprising statistics bulk up his claims by displaying overall response by the American population. It also gives the audience a good understanding how the pecking order in the family come about. He did not use exaggerated claims to hook the audiences into believing him. Additionally he includes factors as to explain why siblings turn out completely different from each other and one of the main factors was lack of motivation .Furthermore, Conley uses ethos by using his credibility as an author by referring to his book “The Pecking Order”. This is important because in his last few sections he starts to include his personal opinions on sibling inequality and the pecking order.

Eylul Icgoren 21601232 005 Essay no 2 29.11.16 Morality is to understand whether a behavior or an event is good or evil. Morals prevent chaos in societies and make them survive. Bloom, Shermer and Prinze analyze how morals shape and what are they based on. They tell that it is possible in two ways, which are emotions and reasoning. Shermer and Prinze consider the role of emotions as base of morals, however Bloom considers that morals are based on reasoning.

Is procedural or moral justice applicable for this aim? Based on theories of inclusive of behavioral, societal and interpersonal psychology, the most influential to reducing recidivism is that of restorative justice. Moral justice reflects the perceptions and moral values of its social structure else face not only resistance to comply but a reduction in the social perception regarding the legitimacy of their authority. The major differences between the current justice model and restorative justice models is a shift in focus from satisfying generalized social justice to satisfying micro-justice as well. This has allowed greater involvement for victims regarding procedures, requirements for restitution and a voice in sentencing as well as opportunities to communicate with the offender in a personal manner (Cialdini, 2007).

My understanding of respect, how it can be interpreted, and how it is seen to children especially, has been altered by Frank McCourt’s memoir, Angela’s Ashes. From an extremely young age, children are taught the concept of respect. However, the easiest way for them to comprehend this is also the cause of a skewed understanding of the concept; a definition of regard that some believe into their adulthood. Respect can be defined and interpreted a number of ways, one of these being a deep admiration. But a saying that many associate the term respect with is, simply, “Respect your elders”.

The two moral reasonings are consequentialist and categorical. Consequentialist means the consequences that will result after whatever you do, whether it is the right or wrong thing to do. Categorical moral reasoning locates morality in certain duties and rights. Somethings are just morally wrong even if it brings good outcomes. According to Mill the principle of utility means realizing a consequence of something before you do it,whether your intentions are good or bad.

When a society is faced with an unusual behavior, an unexpected event, or some irregularity in their community that doesn’t make sense, they can attempt to understand it by one of two ways. The traditional approach, or the dispositional line of thinking, points to identifying inherent personal qualities that lead to ‘odd’ behavior. The individual’s genetic makeup, personality and character traits, free will, etcetera, are the focus to explaining human behavior. If an individual acts in a violent or criminal manner, society would look to find sadistic personality traits. If an individual acts in a heroic manner, society would point to traits that would show a predisposition towards altruism.

In times of disasters, tragedies, and accidents, people assimilate and allocate resources to helping those affected by it because they will gain just as much. Empathy is a psychobiological need to connect with others in strife, and by easing the other’s suffering, the pressure to alleviate their own feelings around the issue is resolved. In a civilization that encourages global aid, in societies that promote the “greater good”, empathy is a major force in the interactions between people, nature, and concepts. The ability to experience another’s sorrow personally as a means of connection provides complicated commentary on human nature. While an act of empathy can be considered selfless, it is the performer’s reasoning behind the action that defiles its purity through gain of social standing or psychological profit.

Universality leads directly into altruism because of the good feeling that a member would obtain by inspiring and positively affecting the life of someone who is struggling as they were. The most critical factor in Narcotics Anonymous is taking ownership of your mistakes and admitting to where you are in the present. This is apparent by each member’s introduction saying “Hi my name is (name) and I’m an

Moral philosophers say that the main contribution of Hutcheson to the concept of moral sense is that he describes the working of moral sense. The process, Hutcheson described, begins with a feeling of pleasure or advantage felt in the moral sense faculty - not necessarily to us but advantageous to someone or generally for everyone. This perception of pleasure has a specific moral taste and causes us to feel moral approbation. We feel this pleasure when considering what is good or beneficial to others as a part of our natural instinct of benevolence. The things pursued for this pleasure are wanted because of our self-love and interest in the good for others.

In my essay, I will decide whether an Act or Rule utilitarian would provide better guidance for the above scenario, analysing how and why they would react in the ways they possibly would, as well as mention all the other points I will consider in my judgement of whom would provide better guidance. From my viewpoint I believe a Rule utilitarian would provide better judgement of the situation, as it would be the most moral to follow the rules in this situation in particular, rather that act on an unmoral choice to save yourself. Utilitarianism is a normative theory that is based on the belief that the moral rightness of an action is determined by the consequences it has rather that solely basing it on the notion of duty; motives do not matter