Rationalism and Intuitionism—Assessing Three Views about the Psychology of Moral Judgments

One of the liveliest areas in moral psychology in recent years has been research on the extent to which conscious reasoning leads to the formation of moral judgments. The goal of this chapter is to review and briefly assess three of the leading positions today on this topic, each of which has significant implications for moral epistemology. The positions are traditional rationalism, social intuitionism, and morphological rationalism. My goal is not to advance my own preferred view but rather to try to provide a fair summary and assessment of each of the leading ones.