Judicial decision between moral hermeneutics and political articulation

Political Culture and Judicial Research

Political Liberalism, Political Independence, and Moral Authority

As I use the term here, the central component of political liberalism holds that political institutions are not to be guided by substantive principles of the good about which reasonable people may disagree. If a particular policy or institutional action is a requirement of justice, this cannot be because this policy or action promotes human welfare, well-being, or flourishing. Morality, on the ...

Moral sentiment in judicial opinions on abortion.

Framing and Moral Motives: The Interaction Between Moral Foundations and Political Identity in Predicting Motives

iv List of Tables and Figures v What is Morality? 2 Emotion, Moral Motives, and Political Triggers 6 Approach and Avoidance Moral Motives 8 Morality and Political Ideology 11 Framing Political Issues 13 Framing and Moral Motives 15 Method 17 Participants 17 Procedure, Design, Stimuli, and Measures 17 Results 23 Data Preparation 23 Data Analysis 23 Summary 26 Discussion 29 Limitations and Future...

Moral Enhancement and Political Realism

The possibility of morally enhancing the behavior of individuals by means of drugs and genetic engineering has been the object of intense philosophical discussion over the last few years. However, although moral enhancement may turn out to be useful to promote cooperation in some areas of human interaction, it will not promote cooperation in the domain of international relations in those areas ...