2009-12-09
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Eye-openers in the Survey results?
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Berit BrogaardUniversity of Missouri, St. Louis
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Hi Max. That makes sense! I would just have thought that it would be obvious to treat some moral judgments as affective states. Recall when Lecter in Hannibal cuts out a piece of the fully conscious Krendler's brain (after opening his skull), sautees it and feeds it to Krendler? That still induces a strong negative reaction in me. My initial negative reaction is clearly an affective state. The belief that this is wrong comes later. I would say that the affective state is a basic moral judgment. But maybe the consensus among cognitivists is that those affective states are not moral judgments.
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