Morality without mindreading

Can animals behave morally if they can't mindread? Does morality require mindreading capacities? Moral psychologists believe that mindreading is contingently involved in moral judgements. Moral philosophers argue that moral behaviour necessarily requires the possession of mindreading capacities...

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Autor: Monso Gil, Susana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Repositorio:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNED
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:11 Lógica
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spelling Morality without mindreadingMonso Gil, Susana11 Lógica7205.02 Filosofía de la lógicaCan animals behave morally if they can't mindread? Does morality require mindreading capacities? Moral psychologists believe that mindreading is contingently involved in moral judgements. Moral philosophers argue that moral behaviour necessarily requires the possession of mindreading capacities. In this paper, I argue that while the former may be right, the latter are mistaken. Using the example of empathy, I show that animals with no mindreading capacities could behave on the basis of emotions that possess an identifiable moral content. Therefore, at least one type of moral motivation does not require mindreading. This means that, a priori, non-mindreading animals can be moral.WILEYMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)e-Spacio UNED20262026-05-2020172017-06-0220172017-06-02journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/32654reponame:e-spacio. Repositorio Institucional de la UNEDinstname:Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.esoai:dnet:espacio_____::4f012e429ee7eb6c189c911f81f383a82026-06-06T12:38:31Z
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title Morality without mindreading
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Monso Gil, Susana
11 Lógica
7205.02 Filosofía de la lógica
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title_full Morality without mindreading
title_fullStr Morality without mindreading
title_full_unstemmed Morality without mindreading
title_sort Morality without mindreading
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Monso Gil, Susana
author Monso Gil, Susana
author_facet Monso Gil, Susana
author_role author
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7205.02 Filosofía de la lógica
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7205.02 Filosofía de la lógica
description Can animals behave morally if they can't mindread? Does morality require mindreading capacities? Moral psychologists believe that mindreading is contingently involved in moral judgements. Moral philosophers argue that moral behaviour necessarily requires the possession of mindreading capacities. In this paper, I argue that while the former may be right, the latter are mistaken. Using the example of empathy, I show that animals with no mindreading capacities could behave on the basis of emotions that possess an identifiable moral content. Therefore, at least one type of moral motivation does not require mindreading. This means that, a priori, non-mindreading animals can be moral.
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