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Force Dynamics as a Basis for Moral Intuitions

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: People seamlessly generate moral intuitions about a wide range of events they observe, but to date the cognitive processes underlying this competency are poorly understood.We propose that our moral intuitions are grounded in forcedynamic intuitions.We show how the evaluation of entities engaged in schematized interactions can be predicted from specific force-dynamic properties of those interactions, and we point out how these evaluative tendencies relate to our moral norm of not interfering with others' interests.

Source: eScholarship (California Digital Library)

Authors: Jonas Nagel, Michael R. Waldmann

Institution: University of Göttingen

Language: English

Topic: Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Award: G3328667536