Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150100242

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150100242

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Pathologies of moral cognition. The saying "Nice guys finish last" captures the thought that moral cognition makes us vulnerable to exploitation. This project aims to examine this hypothesis by investigating three aspects of moral cognition that might lead us to form false beliefs or render us vulnerable to manipulation by others: our beliefs about punishment; our tendency to identify with groups; and our willingness to trust others. The project is designed to involve empirical investigation of the circumstances in which moral behaviour can have harmful side-effects; it also entails theoretical analysis intended to improve our ability to construct robust theories of cooperative and punitive behaviour.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 28-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $154,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Philosophy | Philosophy of Cognition | Philosophical Psychology (incl. Moral Psychology and Philosophy of Action) | Epistemology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Economics | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies

Other Keywords

Epistemology | Expanding Knowledge in Economics | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | Philosophical Psychology (incl. Moral Psychology and Philosophy of Action) | Philosophy | Philosophy of Cognition

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