The E-Word (Emotions) in Military Ethics Education: Making Use of the Dual-Process Model of Moral Psychology

Abstract

According to Verweij, the model of Haidt makes an important case for more attention to the ‘e-word’, emotions, in military ethics education. Haidt is an important pioneer within moral psychology of the dual-process model for understanding moral judgment. This chapter discusses how dual-process models indeed provides tools for embracing the ‘e-word’ in ethics education in practical ways, however, only when giving more room to the role of reasoning. This can be done by introducing a critically modified perspective of Musschenga. By addressing intuitions into the learning process in a structured way, by making clear that people could grow from beginners to experts by strengthening their intuitions through education, it is possible to entrench both emotions and reasoning in military ethics education.