Lecture 07

Date given: Thursday, 27th February 2025

Handout for all of Lecture 07 as pdf. (This has the same content as the web version you are reading here.)

Essay Questions

This lecture is relevant for answering the following questions:

• long essay question 5, What is Rawls’ method of reflective equilibrium? Do discoveries in moral psychology show that the use of this method is unjustified?

• long essay question 7, Do discoveries in moral psychology reveal that ethical arguments should not rely on premises which are not justified inferentially if the aim of the argument is to establish knowledge of its conclusion?

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Table of contents

• Linking Ethics to Moral Psychology: Dual-Process Theories
• Debunking Arguments
• Greene contra Ethics (Railgun Remix)
• A Dual Process Theory of Ethical Judgement
• Cognitive Miracles: When Are Fast Processes Unreliable?
• What Is the Role of Fast Processes In Not-Justified-Inferentially Judgements?
• Which Moral Scenarios Are Unfamiliar?
• Conclusion: Guesses Aren’t Evidence