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June 12, 2025 at 07:49 AM
🔆 Key Terms & Their Meanings
📍 Moral Muteness
âś… Occurs when people witness unethical behavior but choose not to speak out, or communicate in ways that obscure moral beliefs.
📍 Moral Myopia
âś… Inability to see ethical issues clearly, leading to distorted moral vision (moral blindness).
📍 Cognitive Bias
âś… People make errors in thinking, affecting decisions across various areas, including ethics.
📍 Bounded Ethicality
âś… Ethical choices limited by internal/external pressures, such as conformity or self-serving bias.
📍 Conformity Bias
✅ People imitate others’ actions instead of making personal judgments.
📍 Ethical Fading
âś… Ethical aspects disappear when focus shifts to other decision factors, like profit.
📍 Moral Cognition
✅ Study of the brain’s role in moral judgment and decision-making.
📍 Role Morality
âś… People act unethically when they see themselves in roles that excuse unethical behavior.
📍 Moral Absolutism
âś… Universal moral principles by which actions can be judged, a form of deontology.