" A Better Ape explores the evolution of the moral mind from our ancestors with
chimpanzees, through the origins of our genus and our species, to the development of …

In this essay I argue that moral judgment is a natural kind by developing an empirically
grounded theory of the distinctive conceptual content of moral judgments. Psychological …

This chapter discusses contemporary scientific research on the role of reason and emotion
in moral judgment. The literature suggests that moral judgment is influenced by both …

Contemporary interest in the idea that there is a psychologically real and philosophically
important distinction between moral judgments and conventional judgments can be traced to …

Since the 18th century, one of the key features of diagnosed psychopaths has been “moral
colorblindness” or an inability to form moral judgments. However, attempts at experimentally …

We argue that there is significant evidence for reconsidering the possibility that moral
judgment constitutes a distinctive category of judgment. We begin by reviewing evidence …

I argue that moral judgement is a natural kind on the grounds that it plays a
causal/explanatory role in psychological generalizations. I then develop an empirically …

In philosophy of aesthetics, scholars commonly express a commitment to the premise that
there is a distinctive type of judgment that can be meaningfully labeled “aesthetic”, and that …

Psychopathy attracts considerable interdisciplinary interest. The idea of a group of people
with abnormal morality and interpersonal relations raises important philosophical, legal and …

Sažetak Recent contributions in moral philosophy have raised questions concerning the
prevalent assumption that moral judgments are typologically discrete, and thereby distinct …