Feelings and Moral Decision Making

Feelings and Moral
Decision- Making
• Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of
this topic, the student must be able to:
1. Explain the relationship between feelings
and ethical judgments; and
2. Evaluate feelings as both obstacles and
useful to making right decisions.
•What is ‘FEELINGS’ ?
Feeling is the nominalization of the verb to feel.
It was first used in the English language to
describe the physical sensation of touch through
either experience or perception.
In psychology, the word is usually reserved for the
conscious subjective experience of emotion.
ORAL ACTIVITY:
“FEELINGS KO, FLEX KO”
• What is ‘MORAL DECISION- MAKING’?
Moral decision-making is an essential asset for
humans' integration in social contexts. Emotional
processes contribute to moral judgment by
assigning affective value to the moral decision-
making scenarios, thus guiding the distinction
between acceptable and inacceptable behaviors.
• What is ‘MORAL DECISION- MAKING’?
Moral decision making is having the ability to
decide which is the right course of action once
we have spotted the ethical issue. Sometimes
this can be very difficult, as multiple options
may seem morally defensible (or, perhaps, no
options seem morally acceptable).
ORAL ACTIVITY:
“EXPERIENCE KO, FLEX KO”
•Moral
During the early part of philosophizing, David
Hume (1711- 1776) believed virtues in
conformity to reason. Like truth, morality is
discerned merely by ideas. In order to
distinguish the good and bad, we have to
consider the reason alone.
•Moral Emotions
Inner Emotions-directed negative emotions like guilt,
embarrassment, and shame often motivate people to act ethically.
Outer Emotions-directed negative emotions, on the other hand,
aim to discipline or punish. For example, people often direct
anger, disgust, or contempt at those who have acted unethically.
This discourages others from behaving the same way.
Feelings and institutions or what we call as “MORAL
EMOTIONS” play a major role in most of the ethical
decisions people make.
 Decisions people make vary when they are happy from
when they are sad or emotional.
 Words that come out of our mouth sometimes are also
affected by the emotions that we feel.
 And so with our actions.
Feelings and institutions or what we call as “MORAL
EMOTIONS” play a major role in most of the ethical
decisions people make.
 Emotional decision making can affect not just the outcome of
the decision, but also the speed at which you make it. Anger can
lead to impatience and rash decision-making. If you're excited,
you might make quick decisions without considering the
implications, as you surf the wave of confidence and optimism
about the future.
• TWO RELATED MODELS IN ETHICS
Ethical Subjective; and
Emotivism
• What is ‘ETHICAL
SUBJECTIVISM’?
It holds that the truth of falsity of ethical
propositions is dependent on the feelings,
attitudes, or standards of a person or group of
persons.
It is based solely on ‘FEELINGS!
• What is “EMOTIVISM”?
It is a naïve version of ethical subjectivism.
This version says that a moral belief is true if
it is held with sincerity and conviction.
To say that an act is right, or a person is good,
is merely to emote, just to express emotions.
•ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING
Traditionally, ethical decision-making process has been
understood as an exclusively mental process; that our feelings
have nothing to do with matters of right or wrong and good or
bad, precisely because our emotions are very unstable.
So, while we may believe that our moral decisions are influenced
most by our philosophy or religious values, in truth, our emotions
play a significant role in our ethical decision- making.
Bo Sanchez, in his book, Heart Detox, expressed that there is
a difference between experiencing the emotion and expressing
the emotion.
He further stressed that there are no bad
emotions, only bad expressions of emotion.
Emotions evoked by suffering, such as sympathy
and empathy, often lead people to act ethically
toward others;
And always remember that,
“DON’T LET YOUR
EMOTIONS MAKE YOUR
DECISIONS”
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING
GROUP 3 REPORTERS:
Rebekah Membrot Xanxeah Daluddung
Rhea Macabangun Nelissa Tierro
Gladys Palo Mark Francis Espiritu
Melanie Pascual Aira Costales
Hannylee Ronquillo Jovelyn Talosa
Marimar Siriban

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