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  1. Our Moral Origins Part 1/3 Objects Number Depth Geometry

  2. Objects Number Depth Geometry Other Minds?

  3. Knowledge Intention Morality Theory of Mind

  4. Egocentricism “Three Mountains” Task “Mean Monkey” Task

  5. “False Belief” Task Our Moral Origins Up next: Part 2/3 Our Moral Origins Part 2/3

  6. Performance vs Competence

  7. 30 Looking Time (s) 24 18 12 6 0 “Believed” Location True Location (Onishi & Baillargeon, 2005) that’s what I expected…

  8. no way! 30 Infants know that others have minds, and that those minds can be different from their own! Looking Time (s) 24 18 12 6 0 “Believed” Location True Location (Onishi & Baillargeon, 2005)

  9. What kinds of minds?

  10. Babies know “good” from “bad” (and prefer good!)

  11. 10-month old Toy Choices 80 Preference (%) French 64 English 48 32 16 0 French Infants American Infants Our Moral Origins Up next: Part 3/3

  12. Our Moral Origins Part 3/3 Later this semester… Today…

  13. Moral Diversity ? major sexual orientation ethnic background view on abortion

  14. What is morality even about?

  15. Greg Johnson (of Texas vs. Johnson) Moral Foundations Harm Fairness Group Loyalty Authority Purity

  16. Moral Foundations Harm Fairness Group Loyalty Authority Purity Moral Foundations Group Loyalty Authority “independent-minded “extremely loyal to its home and relates to its owner and family, and doesn’t warm as a friend and equal” up quickly to strangers” OK or NOT OK?

  17. OK or NOT OK? Can there be “victimless crimes”? 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. 100 75 50 25 0 Haidt et al. (1993) OK Not OK

  18. Can there be “victimless crimes”? A woman was dying, and on her deathbed she asked her son to promise that he would visit her grave every week. The son loved his mother very much, so he promised to visit her grave every week. But after the mother died, the son didn't keep his promise, because he was very busy. 100 75 50 25 0 Haidt et al. (1993) OK Not OK Can there be “victimless crimes”? 100 75 50 25 0 OK Not OK 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. Haidt et al. (1993) Can there be “victimless crimes”? A brother and sister like to kiss each other on the mouth. When nobody is around, they find a secret hiding place and kiss each other on the mouth, passionately. 100 75 50 25 0 Haidt et al. (1993) OK Not OK

  19. Emotion vs. Reason The trolley problem OK or not OK? A. OK B. Not OK Emotion vs. Reason The trolley problem

  20. OK or not OK? A. OK B. Not OK deontology rules and obligations utilitarianism “the greatest good for the greatest number”

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