Plurality and Irrationality in Biased Moral Thinking

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16H05933
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: Ota Koji 新潟大学, 人文社会科学系, 准教授 (80726802)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: 実験哲学 / 道徳心理学 / 道徳的責任 / 自由意志 / メタ倫理学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study provides a descriptive understanding concerning pluralism and irrationality embedded in human moral thinking, via considering into account empirical findings about psychological processes underlying moral judgments and moral decision making, and biases within them. In addition, this study clarifies what normative implications such a descriptive understanding may have on some issues in ethical theories, such as debates concerning moral responsibility, human agency, and moral objectivity.

Free Research Field

哲学・倫理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、倫理学上の論争における経験的知見の方法論的役割の明確化や、道徳的責任や行為者性にまつわる論争の歴史的な再理解をもたらすものである。またその一部は、自由意志の概念／信念の認識的起源に関する洞察をもたらすものであり、この点は今後の研究でさらなる展開を図る予定である。