The role of emotions in the moral decision-making process in the face of bioethical conflicts

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2020.2.36830

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Moral decision making, Emotions. Somatic markers, Bioethics

Abstract

This paper aims to show the crucial role of emotions in moral decision- -making and their contribution to the resolution of bioethical conflicts. Contrary to the rational thesis, moral decision-making demands the collaboration between reason and emotion, or in terms of studies in metaethics, cognition and emotion. Through the analysis of António Damásio’s theory, theses from feminist moral philosophers such as Kathryn Pyne Addelson and Martha Nussbaum, among others, we intend to refute the recurrent conservative bioethical theses whose moral authority is erroneously delegated to rationality over emotions.

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Caroline Izidoro Marim, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS

Doutora em Filosofia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil), professora colaboradora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil). Pós doutoranda PNPD/CAPES/PUCRS. Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Epistemologias, narrativas e políticas afetivas feministas CNPq/PUCRS.

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2020-06-04

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Marim, C. I. (2020). The role of emotions in the moral decision-making process in the face of bioethical conflicts. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 65(2), e36830. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2020.2.36830

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Vol. 65 No. 2 (2020)

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Varia

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