Postgraduate Course: Moral Judgement and Behaviour (PSYL11080)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
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.
Week 1: Models of Moral Judgement
Week 2: Models of Moral Judgement
Week 3: Charitable Giving
Week 4: Corporate Wrongdoing
Week 5: Mass Atrocity
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 1 (Sem 1) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
79 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
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: Wednesday 30th September 2015, 5pm
RR1 Return Date: 22nd October 2015
Reading Response 2 Submission Deadline: Monday 5th October 2015, 12 noon
RR2 Return Date: 27th October 2015
Reading Response 3 Submission Deadline: Monday 12th October 2015, 12 noon
RR3 Return Date: 3rd November 2015
Reading Response 4 Submission Deadline: Monday 19th October 2015, 12 noon
RR4 Return Date: 10th November 2015
Coursework Essay (3000-4000 words): 55%
Submission Deadline: Monday 9th November 2015, 12 noon
Word Limit: 4000 words maximum
Return Date: 1st December 2015 |
| Feedback |
Comments provided on submitted assessments |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will 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
- Identify factors that play a role in how human beings perceive and react to moral situations
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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. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Attend all lectures and tutorials as scheduled |
| 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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