Topic Overview: My research will focus on if there’s an impact that language has on a person’s moral decisions. Specifically, how their judgments or way of thinking about a situation might be affected by the language they are told the situation in. This is debatable because it talks about two topics that from the surface, seem to have no correlation with each other. And for language to be a factor insomeone’s morals can make someone question that their thoughts aren’t fully free, and that they are easily influenced, even by something as simple as language. Morals are thought to be meaningful and concrete. It is an argument about whether or not our sense of right and wrong can be influenced by language, or if our morals stay the same regardless of language. I think this topic prompted my interest because it brings up two things that seem to have no correlation.It’s an important issue because it challenges the idea that our morals aren’t just affected by our environment or culture, or how we are biologically

Purpose and Research Questions

The purpose of my research is to challenge the idea that our morals are only affected by our environment or how we are biologically. I hope to show that our morals might not be as concreteas we think they are, or maybe that there’s so many things that subconsciously affect our actions and thoughts every day that we are not aware of. The two research questions that will guide my research are

– Do people have different moral judgements of a situation based on the language they are told it in?

– If so, are there other small things that also influence a person’s moral decisions?

Audience

My primary audience will be people who speak more than one language, people who don’t, and people who are interested in the different ways our morals are changed

Approach

I plan to look at scholarly articles surrounding the topic. I want to also look at studies that might have taken place on peoples responses to moral situations and how they are the same or different based on the language

Significance

This is significant because it highlights the importance of language when it comes to making moral decisions. It challenges the idea that our morals are only affected by our environment or culture