Lecture 9 - The Emotional Dog and its Rational Tail

Open Ended

In your own words, what is the difference between the Social Interactionist (Rationalist) and Social Intuitionist accounts of moral judgment?

Poll

Was what Mark and Julie did okay?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

According to Haidt, which comes first when make moral judgments?

• Reasoning

• Emotion

• Imagination

Poll

A woman is cleaning out her closet, and she finds her old American flag. She doesn't want the flag anymore, so she cuts it up into pieces and uses the rags to clean her bathroom. Is what she did okay?

• Yes

• No

Poll

A family's dog was killed by a car in front of their house. They had heard that dog meat was delicious, so they cut up the dog's body and cooked it and ate it for dinner. Was what the family did okay?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

In your own words, why do you think moral dumbfounding is evidence for intuitionism?