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conclusion
Q: What do adult humans compute that enables their moral intuitions to track moral attributes (such as wrongness)?
Sinnott-Armstrong et al (2010): their emotional responses
(Hypothesis about the Affect Heuristic)
Mikhail (2007; 2014): moral attributes themselves
(Hypothesis about a linguistic moral module)
Each view is a response to a different puzzle.
puzzle
Why do feelings of disgust influence moral intuitions?
(And why do we feel disgust in response to moral transgressions?)
puzzle
Why do patterns in moral intuitions reflect legal principles humans are typically unaware of?
Q: What do adult humans compute that enables their moral intuitions to track moral attributes (such as wrongness)?
Sinnott-Armstrong et al (2010): their emotional responses
(Hypothesis about the Affect Heuristic)
Mikhail (2007; 2014): moral attributes themselves
(Hypothesis about a linguistic moral module)
Each view is a response to a different puzzle.
Our task is to develop a theory that can solve the puzzles, is theoretically coherent and empirically motivated, and generates novel testable predictions.