Lecture 10 (no compliance seeking strategies)

ethics

a code of norms that are relative and developmental, indictating how a community characterizes moral conduct or humane behavior toward other persons

moral status

treating others with consideration by giving importance to what they need, what they prefer or what would enhance their well-being

ethical content

speech or text that considers the other person or persons, expressing authentic concern in a manner showing positive regard, and intending to prevent or alleviate suffering by minimizing harmful consequences

objectification

treating others like inanimate things

i it

a mental attitude making the other person an object of experience. seeing ppl as things

i you

a mental attitude showing a relation to the other based on authenticity, humanity, and presences. seeing people as unique human beings

event of relation

occurs when “I” encounters “you” authentically and organically

totalizing project

any attempt to capture the essence of another person with complete certainty or absolute knowledge

fundamental ethical relation

the notion that the relationship with other persons is primarily ethical, calling our sense of self into question

ethical self

the self that arise or comes into existence in relationship by considering what we can do for the other

ethical responsibility

the moral obligation to place the needs of the other before the self, to consider the other as primary and the self as secondary

phenomenology

the study of sensation or direct experience as it arise in awareness

empathy

a fundamental or primary sensation, allowing ppl to experience moral reactions and feelings of concern for others

emotional contagion

feeling emotions that are parallel to those of another person

empathic concern

a concern for the welfare of another

altruistic model

says the other oriented or selfless motivations to comfrort distressed individuals originate from a desire to improve the condition or state of the distressed person

egoistic model

claims that the motivation to comfort distressed others arises from self-centered or narcissistic predispositions, such that ppl comfort distressed others not out of concern for the other person’s welfare but instead for the purpose of meeting their own ego needs as helpers.

mirror neurons

highly specialized cells that activate or turn on when we engage in a behavior or when we observe another person enacting the same or a similar behavior

narcissists

unable or unwilling to adopt the perspective of others. thus, engage in uncaring behavior on a regular basis
- relationships become “all about” them
- patterns of manipulation and exploitation to get what they want
- partner is an ego boost, which is easily replaced

narcissism

an excessive focus on the self, extreme self-centerednessm

machiavellianism

a predisposition to exploit other people

psychopathy

blatan disregard for the feeligns of other persons

faith in humanity

belief that human beings are inherently good

humanism

believing that all people are worth of respect and consideration

kantianism

considering that everyone should be treated as a person with essential worth, not as an object that one can manipulate for narrow self-interests