Moral norms are the rules of morality, those that people actually follow, and those that we feel people ought to follow, even when they don’t. Historically, the social sciences have been primarily concerned with describing the many forms that moral norms take in various cultures, with the emerging

Abstract: Social norms involve observation by others and external sanctions for violations, while moral norms involve introspection and internal sanctions. We develop a simple model of individual preferences that incorporates moral and social norms. We then examine dictator choices, where we create

For the philosophy of medicine, there are two things of interest about the stoic account of moral norms, quite apart from whether the rest of stoic ethical theory is compelling. One is the stoic version of naturalism: its account of practical reasoning, its solution to the is/ought problem, and its

Abstract David Lewis ’ Convention has been a major source of inspiration for philosophers and social scientists alike for the analysis of norms. In this essay, I demonstrate its usefulness for the analysis of some moral norms. At the same time, conventionalism with regards to moral norms has

Abstract. Autonomous systems must consider the moral ramifications of their actions. Moral norms vary among people, posing a challenge for encoding them explicitly in a system. This paper proposes to enable autonomous agents to use analogical reasoning techniques to interactively learn

2010 Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Mulder, L. B., & Nelissen, R. M. A. (2010). When rules really make a difference: The effect of cooperation rules and self-sacrificing leadership on moral norms in social dilemmas. Journal of Business Ethics, 95(suppl. 1), 57-

demonstrate that moral evaluations do inform ascriptions of intentional action, but that this relationship arises because behavior that conforms to norms (moral or otherwise) is less informative about underlying mental states than is behavior that violates norms. This analysis preserves the traditional

and evil, as well as the criteria of good and praiseworthy acts. Condemnation of many morally reprehensible acts is also expected. Theologians bring with them a great tradition of “religious truths ” consecrated by the teachings of the churches. Philosophers also frequently base their doctrines

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