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  • Ethics
  • Moral Philosophy
  • Cognitive Science

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  • Philosophical focus often on moral knowledge/justification, yet practical moral judgment reliability is crucial.
  • Agents like judges, officials, and committee members require consistent, correct moral decision-making.
  • Current methods for ensuring ethical judgment quality are insufficient.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a practical method for enhancing the moral reliability of decision-makers.
  • To advocate for a procedural approach targeting specific internal moral reasoning factors.
  • To identify actionable components within moral reasoning for practical intervention.

Main Methods:

  • Building on John Rawls's early work on moral reasoning.
  • Identifying key factors contributing to moral reliability: logical competence, conceptual understanding, empirical competence, openness, empathy, and bias.
  • Advocating for targeted interventions to improve these specific cognitive and affective processes.

Main Results:

  • Internal procedural improvements can demonstrably enhance moral reliability.
  • Specific factors like logical competence, empathy, and bias management are amenable to practical intervention.
  • Enhanced moral reasoning processes lead to more consistently correct moral judgments.

Conclusions:

  • A procedural approach focusing on internal reasoning factors offers a viable strategy for moral enhancement.
  • Improving logical competence, empathy, and reducing bias can increase moral reliability.
  • This framework has implications for ongoing debates in moral enhancement and applied ethics.