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The social character of moral reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2019

Nick Chater Open the ORCID record for Nick Chater [Opens in a new window] ,
Hossam Zeitoun  and
Tigran Melkonyan
Nick Chater
Affiliation:
Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdomnick.chater@wbs.ac.uktigran.melkonyan@wbs.ac.ukhttps://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/nick-chaterhttps://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/tigran-melkonyan
Hossam Zeitoun
Affiliation:
Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdomnick.chater@wbs.ac.uktigran.melkonyan@wbs.ac.ukhttps://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/nick-chaterhttps://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/tigran-melkonyan Strategy and International Business Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. hossam.zeitoun@wbs.ac.ukhttps://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/hossam-zeitoun
Tigran Melkonyan
Affiliation:
Behavioural Science Group, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdomnick.chater@wbs.ac.uktigran.melkonyan@wbs.ac.ukhttps://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/nick-chaterhttps://www.wbs.ac.uk/about/person/tigran-melkonyan
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Abstract

May provides a compelling case that reasoning is central to moral psychology. In practice, many morally significant decisions involve several moral agents whose actions are interdependent – and agents embedded in society. We suggest that social life and the rich patterns of reasoning that underpin it are ethical through and through.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e149
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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