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Category Archives: Ethics
Your Hero System Is Your Morality And You Get It From Your Tribe
David Brooks writes in the latest issue of The Atlantic: HOW AMERICA GOT MEAN In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. Over the past eight years or so, I’ve been … Continue reading
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‘The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition’
According to Margaret Thatcher: “The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true … Continue reading
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A Person-Centered Approach to Moral Judgment
Academics Eric Luis Uhlmann, David A. Pizarro, and Daniel Diermeier publish in 2015: * There is a growing body of evidence that individuals are fundamentally motivated to evaluate others on a moral dimension—people quickly and easily attribute morally good or … Continue reading
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Virtue Signalling Is Virtuous
Philosopher Neil Levy writes: * Animals use signals for a variety of purposes. For instance, gazelles famously signal their fitness by stotting (jumping up and down on the spot) in front of predators (FitzGibbon and Fanshawe 1988). Peacocks even more … Continue reading
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The Moral Psychology Handbook
Here are some highlights from the chapter on race in this 2010 book: * evolutionary psychologists hold that people in many cultures and historical epochs have relied on skin color and other bodily features to classify their fellows, and have … Continue reading
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