Lecture 02

Date given: Thursday, 16th January 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 02 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

• Why Is the Affect Heuristic Significant?
• Moral Intuitions and Emotions: Evaluating the Evidence
• A Linguistic Analogy
• Framing Effects and Mikhail’s Linguistic Analogy (optional)
• Conclusion: Two Puzzles
• Question Session 02
• The Affect Heuristic and Risk: A Case Study