Discuss the ways emotions and moral reasoning work together

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Ethics include logic, reasoning, and cognition, and our emotions, and feelings play a central role in moral decision-making. Moral thinking is aided by emotions. The link between moral reasoning and emotions is supported by studies of the brain that show activity when we engage in moral reasoning. Emotions can make us realize that a situation raises ethical issues for us, and motivate us to try and understand and reason about what is happening. The emotional response can motivate us to act. Reasoning about ethics is important, but without emotions, we would be unable to become focused on and concerned about ethics, and no longer be moved to engage in moral reasoning.

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a. a prima facie obligation is absolute and can never be overridden. b. what we should do in any specific set of circumstances will always be self-evident. c. it would be wrong to lie to a murderer even to save the life of a friend. d. we have various moral duties that can't be reduced to a single, overarching obligation

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Explain how ethical theorists can take women's interests into account. A. Theorists can recognize women's interests by replacing traditional genderspecific roles and traits with traditional female traits that are equally availableand attributable to both men and women

B. Theorists can recognize women's interests by replacing traditional genderspecific roles and traits with gender-neutral, ideally desirable traits equallyavailable and attributable to both men and women. C. Theorists can recognize women's interests by replacing traditional genderspecific roles and traits with traditional male traits that are equally availableand attributable to both men and women. D. Theorists can recognize women's interests by replacing traditional genderspecific roles and traits with the Aristotelian model for a morally good and virtuous person.

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The Nihongi is also known as the Nihonshoki

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