Assignment 11
A) Summarize Pinker’s argument for the universality of an ethical or moral sense in humans.
In the article, The Moral Instincts by Steven Pinker, he argues about the moral goodness is mind-set which allows us to consider what is wrong from right, and not our opinion on what we like or dislike something. He thinks that morality is important in our lives because it makes us feels that we are worthy of living and feel that worthiness of our family members and friends. Human moral sense is evolving and a person’s moral reasoning all takes place in the frontal regions of the brain which is called the frontal lobes. He believes that morality is an instinct or an “innate part of our human nature” that we were born with. He explains that …show more content…
Explain your answer. (One page.)
I think he account for apparent differences in ethical beliefs and practices among individuals and cultures very well because he believes that all cultures has quite the same ethical beliefs as other cultures such as the five spheres, no harm, respect to authority, fairness, and society and purity. We, humans, like to make moral judgements that can be easy to understand and why we do it. Each culture has their own judgements about right and wrong, good or evil. In the article, he explains the difference between each of the five spheres which he goes into details about such as, if you stab yourself with a pin, it don’t do no harm but if you did to a child, it will do harm which I totally agree with him about. If you do something to another person or the environment it is causing harm, disrespectful, and not fair for others either and it is bad for the society, too. Since, we have our own beliefs, our actions can either be right or wrong. Some may think that it is wrong because of what they believe but some may not. For example, eating animals such as cats and dogs may seem alright in another culture but in our culture, it is
A) Summarize Pinker’s argument for the universality of an ethical or moral sense in humans.
In the article, The Moral Instincts by Steven Pinker, he argues about the moral goodness is mind-set which allows us to consider what is wrong from right, and not our opinion on what we like or dislike something. He thinks that morality is important in our lives because it makes us feels that we are worthy of living and feel that worthiness of our family members and friends. Human moral sense is evolving and a person’s moral reasoning all takes place in the frontal regions of the brain which is called the frontal lobes. He believes that morality is an instinct or an “innate part of our human nature” that we were born with. He explains that …show more content…
Explain your answer. (One page.)
I think he account for apparent differences in ethical beliefs and practices among individuals and cultures very well because he believes that all cultures has quite the same ethical beliefs as other cultures such as the five spheres, no harm, respect to authority, fairness, and society and purity. We, humans, like to make moral judgements that can be easy to understand and why we do it. Each culture has their own judgements about right and wrong, good or evil. In the article, he explains the difference between each of the five spheres which he goes into details about such as, if you stab yourself with a pin, it don’t do no harm but if you did to a child, it will do harm which I totally agree with him about. If you do something to another person or the environment it is causing harm, disrespectful, and not fair for others either and it is bad for the society, too. Since, we have our own beliefs, our actions can either be right or wrong. Some may think that it is wrong because of what they believe but some may not. For example, eating animals such as cats and dogs may seem alright in another culture but in our culture, it is