Cognition in moral space: A minimal model

• Published in: Consciousness and cognition Vol. 92; p. 103134
• Main Authors: Beal, Bree, Gogia, Guram
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2021; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Ethics; Minimal model; Moral cognition; Moral psychology; Moral relationship; Moral space; Ontological framing; Pattern recognition; Moral space; Moral relationship; Ontological framing; Moral cognition; Minimal model; Moral psychology

•Moral subjects and objects are defined by a subjective “morality threshold”.•Moral cognition is shaped by object perception in a few morally relevant dimensions.•Abstract moral values are epiphenomenal side-effects of this more basic process. We describe moral cognition as a process occurring in a...