Why are some moral beliefs perceived to be more objective than others

By Geoffrey P. Goodwin, J. Darley. 2012

192 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/92988a2f69c98edc6db844a3adcc556ac48a3d10

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. J. V. Bavel
2. Justin F. Landy
3. Molly J. Crockett
4. W. Brady
5. Jared Piazza

In Social Psychology

1. J. V. Bavel
2. Justin F. Landy
3. Molly J. Crockett
4. W. Brady
5. Jared Piazza

In Sociology and Political Science

1. J. V. Bavel
2. Justin F. Landy
3. Molly J. Crockett
4. W. Brady
5. Jared Piazza

Citations in the corpus

• “Lean not on your own understanding”: Belief that morality is founded on divine authority and non-utilitarian moral judgments (2013, background): “…versus subjective foundation, that is, as having a truth-value that is either dependent or independent of human minds (see Goodwin & Darley, 2008, Nichols, 2004; though people tend to perceive certain classes of moral propositions as more objective than other classes; see Goodwin & Darley, 2012).”
• The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online (2019, background): “Because uni-versalism and objectivity is a core feature of moral beliefs and attitudes (Goodwin & Darley, 2012; Singer, 1961; Skitka et al., 2005; van Bavel et al., 2012), one possibility is that people are either explicitly or implicitly more likely to post content expressing strong moral values…”