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What does philosophy have to say about the role of emotion relative to ethics? It seems clear that emotion cannot be relied upon to produce consistently accurate ethical judgments, yet it also seems that emotion is a motivator for people's actions (which must be considered in the context of ethics). Further, emotion seems to be used as an "acid test" of sorts for ethical judgments (i.e. things that are ethical should "feel" or "seem" right). These are three examples of the way emotion and ethics interact, but I'm interested in perspectives on what their relationship should be, in the interest of making optimal ethical choices.

February 21, 2006

Response from Thomas Pogge on February 23, 2006

A very nice classic essay on this question is "The Conscience of Huck Finn" by Jonathan Bennett. I think you'll find it congenial and responsive to your second and third questions especially. I found a version on the internet:

http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/jfb/huckfinn.pdf

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