Lecture 03

Date given: Thursday, 29th January 2026

Handout for all of Lecture 03 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 3, On moral dumbfonding and moral disengagement

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Table of contents

• Introduction to Lecture 3: Emotion and Reason in Moral Judgement
• Moral Dumbfounding
• Why Is Moral Dumbfounding Significant?
• Reason and Atrocity: Hindriks’ Observation
• Moral Disengagement: The Theory
• Moral Disengagement: The Evidence
• Moral Disengagement: Significance
• Conclusion: Yet Another Puzzle
• Question Session 03