Lecture 01

Date given: Thursday, 9th January 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 01 as pdf. (This has the same content as the web version you are reading here.)

Essay Question

This lecture is relevant for answering the following question:

• short essay question 1, How, if at all, do feelings or emotions influence ethical judgements?

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Table of contents

• Introduction
• Why Investigate Moral Psychology?
• Administrative Hints
• Moral Intuitions
• Moral Intuitions and an Affect Heuristic
• Moral Intuitions and Emotions: Evidence
• Conclusion
• Question Session 01