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Area of Science:

  • Moral Psychology
  • Cognitive Science
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Michael Tomasello's influential account of moral psychology.
  • Existing theories may not fully capture the nuances of moral judgment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To differentiate psychological processes underlying prescriptive and proscriptive moral obligations.
  • To examine the downstream consequences of these distinctions on moral character evaluations.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of moral judgment frameworks.
  • Examination of psychological inputs for evaluating different obligation types.

Main Results:

  • Prescriptive and proscriptive obligations rely on distinct psychological inputs.
  • Evaluating these obligations leads to different downstream consequences for moral character judgments.

Conclusions:

  • Tomasello's account needs refinement to incorporate the psychological differences between prescriptive and proscriptive obligations.
  • Understanding these distinctions is crucial for a comprehensive theory of moral psychology.