Deontology and Consequentialism in Moral Psychology

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There's good evidence to suggest that deontological reasoning is highly rational in a social sense. In that, deontological reasons and decisions are seen as more trustworthy by social partners. Most people don't want their spouse or their best friends to treat them just the same as any other person. But if you can sort of dress it up as being morally righteous then that makes you feel better.

Most of us strive to be good, moral people. When we are doing that striving, what is happening in our brains? Some of our moral inclinations seem pretty automatic and subconscious. Other times we have to sit down and deploy our full cognitive faculties to reason through a tricky moral dilemma. I talk with psychologist Molly Crockett about where our moral intuitions come from, how they can sometimes serve as cover for bad behaviors, and how morality shapes our self-image.

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Molly J. Crockett received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Cambridge. She is currently Associate Professor of Psychology and University Center for Human Values at Princeton University. She is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.

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