[Ailist] The role of emotion in moral psychology. [Trends Cogn Sci. 2009]

[Stephanie West Allen]

 >>Recent work in the cognitive and neurobiological sciences  
indicates an important relationship between emotion and moral  
judgment. Based on this evidence, several researchers have argued  
that emotions are the source of our intuitive moral judgments.  
However, despite the richness of the correlational data between  
emotion and morality, we argue that the current neurological,  
behavioral, developmental and evolutionary evidence is insufficient  
to demonstrate that emotion is necessary for making moral judgments.  
We suggest instead, that the source of moral judgments lies in our  
causal-intentional psychology; emotion often follows from these  
judgments, serving a primary role in motivating morally relevant  
action.<<

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19058993

Stephanie