The Nature of Morals: How Universal Moral Grammar Provides the Conceptual Basis for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Carchidi, Vincent J.

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“…Viewing global contract law from the perspective of moral psychology offers insight into the kinds of moral values which may be universally shared. Building on arguments offered by Mikhail (2012) and Carchidi (2020), I have argued that evidence of cross-culturally agreed reciprocity principles which underlie tenets of global contract law provides support for the UMG hypothesis that there is an innate basis to our intuitive moral judgments. In particular, the CISG provides evidence of convergence in reciprocity judgment, which can be accounted for within the UMG model.…”

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Universal moral grammar and international contract law.

Ivison

2024

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

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Universal moral grammar and international contract law.

Ivison

2024

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

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“…To understand the mechanisms of moral judgments, researchers in moral psychology have studied the principles of human morality. Recently, the model positing an innate moral principle has gained attention 1 , 2 . For example, the Universal Moral Grammar model is characterized by that humans have innate moral faculties like the Chomsky's idea 3 about linguistics 1 , 2 .…”

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“…Recently, the model positing an innate moral principle has gained attention 1 , 2 . For example, the Universal Moral Grammar model is characterized by that humans have innate moral faculties like the Chomsky's idea 3 about linguistics 1 , 2 . Further, the Moral Foundations Theory (MFT; 4 , 5 ) explains where the specific moral intuitions come from and includes the sociohistorical elements and social interactions that cannot be fully explained within a general cognitive framework 2 .…”

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“…For example, the Universal Moral Grammar model is characterized by that humans have innate moral faculties like the Chomsky's idea 3 about linguistics 1 , 2 . Further, the Moral Foundations Theory (MFT; 4 , 5 ) explains where the specific moral intuitions come from and includes the sociohistorical elements and social interactions that cannot be fully explained within a general cognitive framework 2 . Specifically, Haidt 6 proposed the MFT 4 , 5 that the moral judgments are primary determined by the autonomic intuition process rather than the conscious reasoning process.…”

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“…Haidt and Joseph 16 noted that it is important to advance the understanding of moral functioning by counting and observing the distinctive moral content. However, in response to the methodology of Haidt and Joseph 16 , Carchidi 2 featured the notion of Chomsky 17 that it is difficult to effectively understand diversity by skipping understanding the mechanisms underlying moral judgments.…”

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Different judgment frameworks for moral compliance and moral violation

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In recent decades, the field of moral psychology has focused on moral judgments based on some moral foundations/categories (e.g., harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, ingroup/loyalty, authority/respect, and purity/sanctity). When discussing the moral categories, however, whether a person judges moral compliance or moral violation has been rarely considered. We examined the extent to which moral judgments are influenced by each other across moral categories and explored whether the framework of judgments for moral violation and compliance would be different. For this purpose, we developed the episodes set for moral and affective behaviors. For each episode, participants evaluated valence, arousal, morality, and the degree of relevance to each of the Haidt's 5 moral foundations. The cluster analysis showed that the moral compliance episodes were divided into three clusters, whereas the moral violation episodes were divided into two clusters. Also, the additional experiment indicated that the clusters might not be stable in time. These findings suggest that people have different framework of judgments for moral compliance and moral violation.

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2021

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Drawing on recent research in moral psychology and neuroscience, this book argues that universal moral beliefs and emotions shaped the evolution of the laws of war, and in particular laws that protect civilians. It argues that civilian protection norms are not just a figment of the modern West, but that these norms were embryonic in earlier societies and civilizations, including Ancient China, early Islam, and medieval Europe. However, despite their ubiquity, this book argues that civilian protection rules are inherently fragile, and that their fragility lies not just in failures of compliance, but also in how moral emotions shaped the design of the law. The same beliefs and emotions that lead people to judge that it is wrong to intentionally target civilians can paradoxically constitute the basis for excusing states for incidental civilian casualties, or collateral damage. To make the laws of war work better for civilians, this book argues that we need to change how we think about the ethics of killing in war.

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The Nature of Morals: How Universal Moral Grammar Provides the Conceptual Basis for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Universal moral grammar and international contract law.

Universal moral grammar and international contract law.

Different judgment frameworks for moral compliance and moral violation

Law and Sentiment in International Politics

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