Moralistics and psychomoralistics : a unified cognitive science of moral intuition / Graham Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wood, Graham, 1965- author.

Series:

Routledge Focus on Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intuition.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"This book brings together three distinct research programs in moral psychology - Moral Foundations Theory, Cognitive Adaptations for Social Exchange and the Linguistic Analogy in Moral Psychology - and shows that they can be combined to create a unified cognitive science of moral intuition. The book assumes evolution has furnished the human mind with two types of judgement: intuitive and deliberative. Focusing on moral intuitions (understood as moral judgments that were not arrived at via a process of conscious deliberation), the book explores the origins of these intuitions, examines how they are produced, and explains why the moral intuitions of different humans differ. Providing a unique synthesis of three separate established fields, this book presents a new research program that will further our understanding of the various different intuitive moral judgements at the heart of some of the moral tensions within human society"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-81991-4

1-00-320574-7

1-003-20574-7

1-000-81990-6

9781003205746

OCLC:

1347018897