Freedom and Moral Judgment A Cognitive Model of Permissibility

摘要: Contemporary research in the fields of moral psychology and cognitive philosophy has provided considerable data supporting claim that there are important similarities ways which different people conceive morality produce judgments. However, one more pressing questions is how to account for fact that, despite these similarities, judgments appear be highly variable both on a cultural individual level. This paper addresses this issue by developing model inverted with respect usually embraced literature morality. Instead analyzing problem judgment starting from all actions considered impermissible, work assumes first judge morally permissible. Permissibility interpreted terms what each subject feels he/she must free do. The advantage inversion it allows us make connection between two lines unrelated: processes underlying production determining understand ‘freedom’. Regarding latter issue, article focusses specifically George Lakoff’s analysis humans develop their concepts freedom. point groups individuals do not have same understanding ‘freedom’, even though everybody shares common empirical core concept. Lakoff puts forward aims explain ground various freedom vary depending other elements connected them. In we try show can provide an explanation accounts cross-cultural trans-individual cultural, situational differences.