Most of the ethical prescriptions of normative moral philosophy tend to fall into one of the following three categories: deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics. These categories in turn put an emphasis on different normative standards for judging what constitutes right and wrong actions. Moral psychologists and behavioral economists such as Jonathan Haidt and Dan Ariely take a different approach: focusing not on some normative ethical framework for moral judgment, but rather on the psychological foundations of moral intuition and on the limitations that our human frailty places on real-world honesty, decency, and ethical commitments. In this context, write a short essay (minimum 400 words) on what you see as the most important differences between the traditional normative philosophical approaches and the more recent empirical approach of moral psychology when it comes to ethics. As part of your answer also make sure that you discuss the implications of these differences. Deadline reminder: this assignment is due on June 14th . Any assignments submitted after that date will lose 5 points (i.e., 20% of the maximum score of 25 points) for each day that they are submitted late. Accordingly, after June 14th, any submissions would be worth zero points and at that time the assignment inbox will close. .

1. Most of the ethical prescriptions of normative moral philosophy
tend to fall into one of the following three categories:
deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics. These
categories in turn put an emphasis on different normative
standards for judging what constitutes right and wrong actions.
Moral psychologists and behavioral economists such as
Jonathan Haidt and Dan Ariely take a different approach:
focusing not on some normative ethical framework for moral
judgment, but rather on the psychological foundations of moral
intuition and on the limitations that our human frailty places on
real-world honesty, decency, and ethical commitments.
In this context, write a short essay (minimum 400 words) on
what you see as the most important differences between the
traditional normative philosophical approaches and the more
recent empirical approach of moral psychology when it comes
to ethics. As part of your answer also make sure that you
discuss the implications of these differences.
Deadline reminder:
this assignment is
due on June 14th
. Any assignments submitted after that date will lose 5 points
(i.e., 20% of the maximum score of 25 points) for each day that
they are submitted late. Accordingly, after June 14th, any
submissions would be worth zero points and at that time the
assignment inbox will close.