Moral Taste Buds: Readings and Resources

Teaching materials and lessons for exploring moral intuitions

• Moral Intuitions handout
  
• Moral Taste Buds (English , German )
  
• Noticing moral intuitions (English , German )
  
• Causes of our moral intuitions (English , German )
• Two stories of capitalism (English,  German)
• Discussion Guide about moral issues (English, German)

Teaching materials about experiments that explore human's sense of fairness and honesty:

• Ultimatum and Dictator game (English , German )
  
• Fair does not always mean the same thing (English , German )
  
• Do people return lost wallets to their owners? (English , German )

Recommended readings 

• Teacher Guide p. 78-82, 51
• Global ESD pages: 
  
• OpenMind / Moral intuitions
• OpenMind / True stories
• Human Evolution / Life in Groups
  
• Human Evolution / Life with other groups
• EvoLeipzig Website:
• OpenMind / Moralische Intuitionen
• OpenMind / Wahre Geschichten
• Menschliche Evolution / Leben in Gruppen
  
• Menschliche Evolution / Leben mit anderen Gruppen
• Jonathan Haidt: Three Stories of Capitalism . Short article
• Decety & Cowell (2016). Our Brains are Wired for Morality: Evolution, Development, and Neuroscience (Frontiers for Young Minds article for 12-13 year olds)
• Another approach to having respectful conversations with people you disagree with is called "Street Epistemology":   https://streetepistemology.com/publications/street_epistemology_the_basics
  

Recommended Books on moral psychology

• Haidt, J. (2012). The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. New York, NY, USA: Pantheon Books.

• Greene, J. D. (2013). Moral Tribes. Emotion, Reason and the Gap Between Us and Them. New York, NY, USA: The Penguin Press.