TB8 SPA Lecture 3; Morality

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What is deontology?
Moral rules pertain to absolute rights
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What is consequentialism?
The moral value of an action is one way or another a function of its consequences alone
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What is utalitarianism?
Endorsing harmful actions for the greater good
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From Moll et al (2002)s neuroimaging study, which brain area(s) activated to nonmoral unpleasant stimuli over nonmoral neutral?
Lateral OFC, left amygdala, bilateral visual cortex
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From Moll et al (2002)s neuroimaging study, which brain area(s) activated to nonmoral unpleasant stimuli over moral?
Left lateral OFC, left amygdala
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From Moll et al (2002)s neuroimaging study, which brain area(s) activated to moral stimuli over nonmoral unpleasant?
Left medial OFC
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Nonmoral social judgements associated with negative emotions = ?
Lateral OFC
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Moral social judgements associated with negative emotions = ?
Medial OFC
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Using dual process theory, what would be classed as an impersonal moral dilemma?
Having to divert a trolley using a lever to kill 1 or 5 people
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Using dual process theory, what would be classed as an personal moral dilemma?
Having to push a fat person in front of a trolley to stop it killing 5 people
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In predictions of brain imagin findings, which areas would be predicted to activate in personal > impersonal moral dilemmas?
Emotion areas and cognitive control areas
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Which areas responded more to personal > impersonal moral dilemmas?
Medial frontal gyrus, posterior cingulate, angular gyrus
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Which areas responded more to impersonal > personal moral dilemmas?
DLPFC, parietal lobe
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Difficult personal (utalitarian) moral dilemmas with a long RT indicate emotional and cognitive conflict reflected in activation in?
Anterior cingulate (cog control)
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Should long RT trials with 'appropriate' actions show less activation in cog control areas than inappropriate?
No
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Is DLPFC activation greater for utalitarian responses?
Yes
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What does the somatic marker hypothesis predict?
Implications of a decision can be recognised but fail to apply in naturalistic settings
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How do vMPFC lesioned patients behave in the Iowa gambling task?
Show no anticipatory physiological response and behave without regard for future consequences
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What kind of moral dilemmas were vMPFC damaged patients more likely to endorse?
Personal high conflict
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Which evidence exemplifies consequentialism?
vMPFC patients
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In high conflict situations...
Initial response emotional, cog control, cog cost benefit reasoning
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In low conflict emotions...
Fast emotional response
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