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Mind and Morals

Moral psychology after Darwin.

Ethics and Morality
The Merry Moral Prankster

Scott M. James Ph.D. on July 23, 2011

For several years now, students in my Introduction to Ethics class have been unwitting participants in a moral experiment. After some six years the results are in. But I do not know how to interpret the results.

For several years now, students in my Introduction to Ethics class have been unwitting participants in a moral experiment. After some six years the results are in. But I do not know how to interpret the results.

Spirituality
Napoleon Pills and the Rationality of Belief

Scott M. James Ph.D. on May 11, 2011

We think our beliefs extend back to the facts. This is what makes them rational. But if contemporary social psychology has revealed anything, it's that very many of our beliefs (let alone our desires) have very different origins. And this makes a difference in what you ought to believe.

We think our beliefs extend back to the facts. This is what makes them rational. But if contemporary social psychology has revealed anything, it's that very many of our beliefs (let alone our desires) have very different origins. And this makes a difference in what you ought to believe.

Ethics and Morality
The Moral Instinct

Scott M. James Ph.D. on March 14, 2011

Some moral psychologists are now maintaining that children exhibit a moral competence that outstrips the limited (and confusing) moral input from their environment.

Some moral psychologists are now maintaining that children exhibit a moral competence that outstrips the limited (and confusing) moral input from their environment.