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• Emotions play a significant role in our moral decisions and moral judgments
• Emotions are inborn and can influence moral decisions and judgments
• Emotions can determine moral decisions and influence moral judgments
• Emotions can make us choose a course of action based on feelings of joy, happiness, or distress
• Emotions can lead to making foolish and life-changing decisions when not considering negative consequences
• Emotions can be instinctual but can also be trained and regulated
• The ability to control, regulate, and express emotions properly is key in emotional intelligence
• People with low emotional intelligence tend to rely too much on emotions when making moral decisions
• Choices made based on feelings alone may not be enough to justify actions
• Different moral violations evoke specific emotions
• Violations to purity and fairness lead to the emotion of disgust
• Actions causing harm evoke emotions of anger
• Emotions are essential for survival in situations requiring quick responses
• Moral judgments involve evaluating the actions and character of others
• Moral judgments include beliefs that good choices should be rewarded and bad choices punished
• Emotions play a significant role in making moral judgments
• Witnessing immorality can evoke feelings of anger, contempt, and disgust, amplifying moral judgments
• Moral courage is the willingness to act for moral reasons despite adverse consequences
• Adverse consequences may include inconvenience, being unpopular, punishment, or loss of friends and property
• Developing moral courage involves practicing values and beliefs, facing consequences, understanding others' needs, and offering service
• Courage is the mean between fear and recklessness, according to Aristotle
• Ethics is the study of morality, which pertains to beliefs about right and wrong, good and evil
• Morality includes beliefs about right and wrong, good and evil
• Beliefs about right and wrong, good and evil guide our actions, define our values and give us reasons for being
• The success of human evolution can be traced back to the capacity of human beings to be moral
• Nature endowed us with a moral sense, which means we have the capacity to be self-aware of our dignity and adhere to the duty of doing good and avoiding what is evil
• Moral standards guide us in distinguishing between which behavior is good or bad, right or wrong
• Moral standards deal with issues involving significant injuries or benefits
• Moral standards are based on impartial considerations and apply equally to all
• Moral standards are preferred over other standards that include self-interest
• When we act in violation of our moral standard, we experience feelings of guilt, shame or remorse
• Moral dilemmas are situations that call for a reflection of the kind of person we are and what we consider to be important
• In moral dilemmas, we have to make a choice between two options, where neither one completely resolves the situation
• Moral dilemmas are characterized by conflict, for even if there are two possible actions that can be done, doing both actions is not possible
• Moral dilemmas may vary based on the level in which they occur: systematic/structural level, organizational level, and individual/personal level
• Freedom is a necessary component of human existence at all levels of morality
• Moral freedom is the strength to do what is right, not the right to do what you want
• Freedom provides the opportunities to make possible activities and projects that enable us to live comfortably with one another
• Responsibility is accountability for the task or duty that we are required or expected to do
• Responsibility is the price of freedom and freedom cannot be separated from responsibility