The use of supernatural entities in moral conversations as a cultural-psychological attractor.

Abstract:

:Social behavior in most human societies is characterized by the following of moral rules explicitly justified by religious belief systems. These systems constitute the diverse domain of human sacred values. Supernatural entities as founders or warranty of moral principles may be seen as a form of "conversation stoppers," considerations that can be dropped into a moral decision process in order to prevent endlessly reconsidering and endlessly asking for further justification. In this article we offer a general naturalistic framework toward answering the question of why supernatural entities are so attractive in moral argumentation. We present an explanatory model based on the phenomena of multiple channels of moral reasoning, the suspension of epistemic vigilance, and relevance assumptions through the attractiveness of the sacred, moral dumbfounding, and the expression of social coalitionary commitment. Thus, in light of much of current cognitive theory, sacred values make sense as basins in the evolutionary landscape of human morality.

journal_name

Ann N Y Acad Sci

authors

Tófalvy T,Viciana H

doi

10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04603.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-06-01 00:00:00

pages

230-40

eissn

0077-8923

issn

1749-6632

pii

NYAS04603

journal_volume

1167

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