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SUMMARY:The Trolley Problem: Has the Obsession with Sacrificial Dilemmas D
 erailed Moral Psychology? - Prof David Pizarro (Psychology\, Cornell) &amp
 \; Dr Guy Kahane (Philosophy\, Oxford)
DTSTART:20150601T130000Z
DTEND:20150601T143000Z
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CONTACT:Gabriela Pavarini
DESCRIPTION:The Mismeasure of Morals\n\nDavid Pizarro\n\nThe use of sacrif
 icial moral dilemmas as a method for studying morality has a number of lim
 itations that are likely preventing progress toward understanding the mora
 l mind. I will discuss two empirical lines of work that shed light on some
  of the problems inherent to the use of such dilemmas. More broadly\, I wi
 ll discuss the questionable empirical and normative assumptions that under
 lie how the the results from 'trolley' studies are often interpreted by sc
 holars. I will argue that researchers must broaden the scope of investigat
 ion to include a greater diversity of approaches if we are to properly und
 erstand human morality. \n\n\nSide Tracked by Trolleys?\n\nGuy Kahane \n \
 nTrolley dilemmas and their variants have utterly dominated recent work in
  empirical moral psychology. This is puzzling\, since such dilemmas seem a
  strange way to study the core processes and mechanisms underlying our mor
 al agency. The main reason that such dilemmas have nevertheless been so in
 fluential is that they are thought to shed light on psychological basis of
  the fundamental ethical division between utilitarian and deontological ap
 proaches to ethics. I will argue that this common assumption is based on a
  misunderstanding both of the original philosophical purposes of trolley d
 ilemmas and of what empirical studies employing such dilemmas can show. I 
 will end by sketching an alternative approach to investigating proto-utili
 tarian and deontological tendencies in the general population.\n\nAbout th
 e speakers: \n\nProf. David Pizarro (Department of Psychology\, Cornell Un
 iversity)\nProf Pizarro is a leading researcher in the area of moral judgm
 ents\, intuitions\, and biases.  He is also studies the influence of emoti
 on on decision-making\, with a particular focus on how specific emotions (
 e.g.\, disgust\, fear) impact information processing and interpersonal jud
 gments.\n\nProf. Guy Kahane (Department of Philosophy\, University of Oxfo
 rd)\nProf. Kahane is the Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Neuroeth
 ics and Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. He is a Research Fellow at Pem
 broke College and a recipient of a Wellcome Trust University Award. His re
 search areas include practical ethics\, neuroethics\, meta-ethics\, and va
 lue theory.  \n\nThis event is part of a series of biweekly interdisciplin
 ary debates organized by the Cambridge Moral Psychology Group (http://www.
 crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/moral-psychology). \nSubscribe to our mailing 
 list to be notified about future events: https://lists.cam.ac.uk/mailman/l
 istinfo/ucam-moralpsy-public.
LOCATION:Room SG1 (Ground Floor)\, Alison Richard Building (CRASSH)\, 7 We
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