Moral affordances and the demands of fittingness

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ID21591730
AuthorsFabienne Peters (0000-0001-8764-1414, University of Warwick, corresponding author), Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick)
Year2024
Volume37
Issue7
Pages1948-1970
Publication date2024-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09515089.2023.2236120
OpenAlexW4384665536
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited45

Some situations appear to make moral demands on us – they call for a certain response. How can we account for such paradigmatic moral experiences? And what normative properties or relations are involved? This paper argues that we can account for such moral experiences in terms of moral affordances, where moral affordances are opportunities for fitting action. The paper demonstrates that the concept of affordances helps to generate new insight in moral inquiry, especially in relation to the moral significance of fittingness

Affordance · Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Moral authority · Moral disengagement · Moral psychology · Moral reasoning · Normative · Social cognitive theory of morality · Sociology · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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