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I'm kind of disapointed that this doesn't really reference existing philisophical ideas about morals or ethics. A lot of what the article talks about is well kn

I'm kind of disapointed that this doesn't really reference existing philisophical ideas about morals or ethics. A lot of what the article talks about is well known in philosphy. Utilitarianism isn't very popular today as it has a lot of flaws. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism#Criticisms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism#Criticisms Here are some relevant keywords that I expected to see in the article, but didn't find. Ethical intuitionism Deontological ethics Virtue ethics Consequentialism

twblalock 10y ago
This is not an article about ethical philosophy per se. The article is concerned with how people actually think when they make moral judgments, not how they should think, or what their conclusions ought to be. In particular, the article asserts that people don't think in utilitarian terms when they make moral judgments. Besides, it's not like every paper related to ethics should contain a summary of every ethical framework you listed. It's a research paper, and its intended audience knows those things already. It's not a syllabus for a sophomore survey course on ethics.