The Role of Emotion in Ethical Decisionmaking

Hastings Center Report 18 (3):9-14 (1988)
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Abstract

In the rationalist tradition in ethics, the emotions are morally suspect. In a corrective swing of the pendulum, burgeoning philosophical interest is “rehabilitating” the emotions in ethical decisionmaking. The emotions and reason should be mutually correcting resources in moral reflection.

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