Is mind perception the essence of morality?Here Kurt Gray and his colleagues argue that perceiving people as agents or patients lies at the heart of morality judgments. Jesse Graham and Ravi Iyer (who, by the way, have their own theories of morality based on cross-cultural and evolutionary psychology) respond with a series of questions about the theory. Your job will be to determine whose position is stronger.

you'll be discussing the best and worst evidence presented for each side of the issue.

The articles you will read this week are below:

Mind perception is the Essence of Morality - Gray, Young and Waytz

The Unbearable Vagueness of "Essence": Forty -four Clarification Questions for Gray, Young and Waytz - Graham & Lyer