Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response ‘Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response’ is an article printed in the magazine ‘Philosophy Now’ and is written by Jesse Prinz who is a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. This is an argumentative article where the writer‚ Jesse Prinz‚ has argued in favor of moral relativism and supported the theory that moral judgments are based on emotions hence they vary from person to person. The writer has written was
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Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response Jesse Prinz argues that the source of our moral inclinations is merely cultural. Suppose you have a moral disagreement with someone‚ for example‚ a disagreement about whether it is okay to live in a society where the amount of money you are born with is the primary determinant of how wealthy you will end up. In pursuing this debate‚ you assume that you are correct about the issue and that your conversation partner is mistaken. You conversation
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All humans are conditioned creatures. We are conditioned to do many different things in life‚ some in very specific ways. One example‚ an obvious one‚ is behavioral conditioning. In an organized society‚ we are conditioned by outside factors (e.g. parents‚ government‚ friends) to act in a certain way. There is a limit to what we can do‚ where we can do it‚ and how we can do it. For instance‚ most of us are conditioned to pay taxes‚ obey laws‚ and lead as healthy and productive lives as possible.
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“Fear is a chain reaction in the brain that starts with a stressful stimulus and ends with a release of chemicals.” (Layton‚ 2010) Fear is a response given out from the brain. The brain is part of the Central Nervous System. It has many different parts that work together to do day to day things‚ even when you sleep. Fear is an emotion that the brain signals out in case of any potential danger. (Serendip‚ 2002) There will be an outside stimulus that we are afraid of. Fear maybe different‚ but the
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demonstrated avoidance on presentation of the rat—the conditioned stimulus—in the absence of the loud noise”. (Watson J.B.‚ 1920) Albert had started to associate the white rat (original neutral stimulus‚ which is not the conditioned stimulus) with the loud noise (unconditioned stimulus) and was producing fearful or emotional response of crying. The experiments progress report results was that introduction of the loud sound (US) resulted in fear‚ a natural response. Introduction of a rat (neutral stimulus) paired
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believe that fear is just in your mind and I believe that you can control your fear‚ like mind over matter. I believe that you can control your fear just like how you can control your pain‚ so if you think about your fear or pain a lot and focus on it‚ it will dramatically increase because you’re focused on it. Fear is a powerful and fundamental human emotion. It alerts us to the presence of danger. Fear can be divided into two things‚ biochemical and emotional. The biochemical response is universal
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experiment to prove that emotional responses could be conditioned or learned. He believed that environmental factors influence behaviour despite the biological make up of human beings. Watson and Rayner used an 11 month old baby Albert in the now famously known “Little Albert” study. Albert was a healthy and stable baby at the time of the experiment. When Albert was 9 months old‚ he was presented with white rats‚ rabbits and cotton wool but he showed no fears for these objects. However he fearfully
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6.3 Levels of response to fear and anxiety Scott and Kirschman state that 8-15% of the population has a phobia of dental treatments and the dental office. However‚ the other 85-90% still exhibit fear and anxiety before or during a dental visit although they are not phobic. The levels of response to fear and anxiety are different in normal and abnormal patients. Normal Patients There are 3 levels of response to fear and anxiety among normal patients. 1. Intellectual level of response In this case
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A news report found out that many High Schools use old football helmets for their football teams - some as old as 10 years. Each helmet has a 10 year old warranty and should get reconditioned & recertified every year. It doesn’t mean that a 10 year old helmet isn’t up to code. It just means you can’t use it because you can’t get it recertified. Helmets that were recertified have lables inside them showing the last recertification date.http://www.kshb.com/news/football-helmets-up-to-10-years-old-still-in-use
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A control group is a necessity in order to prove the effect of the test variable by comparing conditioned and unconditioned groups. A conditioned group is a group who receives the independent variable. An unconditioned group does not receive the independent variable. In this experiment we are testing the effects of cell phone usage on driving skills. In this case‚ the control group gives us an example of what happens when drivers are focusing on the road. The results from the control group will show
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