Moral Thinking, Fast and Slow (Routledge Focus on Philosophy)

In recent research, dual-process theories of cognition have been the primary model for explaining moral judgment and reasoning.These theories understand moral thinking in terms of two separate domains: one deliberate and analytic, the other quick and instinctive.This book presents a new theory of the philosophy and cognitive science of moral judgment.Hanno Sauer develops and defends an account of "triple-process" moral psychology, arguing that moral thinking and reasoning are only insufficiently understood when described in terms of a quick but intuitive and a slow but rational type of cognition.This approach severely underestimates the importance and impact of dispositions to initiate and engage in critical thinking ? the cognitive resource in charge of counteracting my-side bias, closed-mindedness, dogmatism, and breakdowns of self-control.Moral cognition is based, not on emotion and reason, but on an integrated network of intuitive, algorithmic and reflective thinking. Moral Thinkin