Postgraduate Course: Moral Judgement and Behaviour (PSYL11080)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Psychology |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Morality is critical to our lives, with difficulties in what people think is moral or not, and differences in what people do in moral situations, profoundly affecting individual and collective well-being, social harmony, and political and economic policy. This course will examine the factors affecting moral behaviour, including helping behaviours, charitable donation, exploitation of others, corporate malfeasance, and hypocrisy. It will also look at the major contemporary models of moral judgement and reasoning, and the evidence both for and against them. Throughout the course we will ask where the focus of morality is: the individual or the situation. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Block 1 (Sem 1), Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students should be able to identify key streams of research in the study of moral behaviour and judgement, discuss empirical findings that test key models of explanation in these areas, and identify factors that play a role in how human beings perceive and react to moral situations. |
Assessment Information
Participation: 10% - Class discussions in which students will either lead or moderate the evaluation of assigned papers (for those with exemptions, a short written response will be substituted)
Coursework: 35% - Four 1-2 page reading responses analysing assigned papers and reacting to highlighted issues
Reading Response 1 Submission Deadline: Thursday 25th September 2014, 12 noon
RR1 Return Date: 17th October 2014
Reading Response 2 Submission Deadline: Thursday 2nd October 2014, 12 noon
RR2 Return Date: 24th October 2014
Reading Response 3 Submission Deadline: Thursday 9th October 2014, 12 noon
RR3 Return Date: 31st October 2014
Reading Response 4 Submission Deadline: Thursday 16th October 2014, 12 noon
RR4 Return Date: 7th November 2014
Coursework Essay (3000-4000 words): 55%
Submission Deadline: Thursday 11th December 2014, 12 noon
Return Date: 16th January 2015 |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Week 1: Models of Moral Judgement
Week 2: Models of Moral Judgement
Week 3: Charitable Giving
Week 4: Corporate Wrongdoing
Week 5: Mass Atrocity |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Partial Reading List:
Haidt, J. (2001). The emotional dog and its rational tail: A social intuitionist approach to moral judgment. Psychological Review, 108, 814-834.
Greene, J.D., Nystrom, L.E., Engell, A.D., Darley, J.M., & Cohen, J.D. (2004). The neural bases of cognitive control in moral judgment. Neuron, 44, 389-400.
Wakslak, C.J., Jost, J.T., Tyler, T.R., & Chen, E.S. (2007). Moral outrage mediates the dampening effect of system justification on support for redistributive social policies. Psychological Science, 18, 267-274.
Greenberg, J. (1987). A taxonomy of organizational justice theories. The Academy of Management Review, 12, 9-22.
Mintz, M. (1987). At any cost: Corporate greed, women, and the Dalkon shield. In Corporate Violence: Injury and Death for Profit. Stuart L. Hills (Ed.). Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Adam Moore
Tel: (0131 6)50 3369
Email: amoore23@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk |
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