- 22 Jul 2017 17:40
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Theres some evidence that the disgust response is partly genetic, and there is psychology research which strongly suggests that the higher the disgust response the more socially conservative someone might be on certain things. (i.e. homosexuality, anything to do with sex really, a handful of other things). The idea being that our initial disgust towards something shapes our moral beliefs about it. Jonathan Haidt has done some interesting research on his ideas about "moral foundations" that relate to this.
I personally am not totally bought into the idea though.
Higher IQ children tend to think of morality in more complex ways than their same age peers. They also tend to be aware of issues earlier and worry about them more. However there isn't much evidence that in the long run their conclusions are any different than most peoples.
If you mean by moral reasoning the ability to think about morality in intelligent ways then I would say that the two would coorelation. If you mean do they come to the correct conclusions in your view then it almost certainly makes no difference.
The only difference between a very intelligent person and a dumb person when it comes to a moral view point is the complexity of their justifications. Though I do think smarter people are probably better at accepting morally gray propositions than less intelligent people.
'moral reasoning' and genetics
Theres some evidence that the disgust response is partly genetic, and there is psychology research which strongly suggests that the higher the disgust response the more socially conservative someone might be on certain things. (i.e. homosexuality, anything to do with sex really, a handful of other things). The idea being that our initial disgust towards something shapes our moral beliefs about it. Jonathan Haidt has done some interesting research on his ideas about "moral foundations" that relate to this.
I personally am not totally bought into the idea though.
connection between IQ and moral reasoning.
Higher IQ children tend to think of morality in more complex ways than their same age peers. They also tend to be aware of issues earlier and worry about them more. However there isn't much evidence that in the long run their conclusions are any different than most peoples.
I find high moral reasoning to be more important than IQ in the success of our society and I have met people who appear to have not very high IQ but very high levels of moral reasoning.
If you mean by moral reasoning the ability to think about morality in intelligent ways then I would say that the two would coorelation. If you mean do they come to the correct conclusions in your view then it almost certainly makes no difference.
The only difference between a very intelligent person and a dumb person when it comes to a moral view point is the complexity of their justifications. Though I do think smarter people are probably better at accepting morally gray propositions than less intelligent people.
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