A Two-Tiered Cognitive Architecture For Moral Reasoning
Author: Bolender J.
Source: Biology and Philosophy, Volume 16, Number 3, June 2001 , pp. 339-356(18)
Publisher: Springer
Abstract:
The view that moral cognition is subserved by a two-tiered architecture is defended: Moral reasoning is the result both of specialized, informationally encapsulated modules which automatically and effortlessly generate intuitions; and of general-purpose, cognitively penetrable mechanisms which enable moral judgment in the light of the agent's general fund of knowledge. This view is contrasted with rival architectures of social/moral cognition, such as Cosmides and Tooby's view that the mind is wholly modular, and it is argued that a two-tiered architecture is more plausible.
Keywords: ambivalence; attitude; cognitive architecture; cognitively penetrable; inclusive fitness; informationally encapsulated; mental faculty; module; moral intuition; moral judgment; repression; strength of attitude; teleological
Language: English
Document Type: Regular paper
Affiliations: 1: Dept. of Philosophy, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06531, Turkey
Publication date: 2001-06-01
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