{"id":53507,"date":"2014-04-11T09:08:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=53507"},"modified":"2014-04-11T09:08:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T17:08:35","slug":"do-morality-and-conscience-require-the-ability-for-abstract-thought-ie-an-iq-north-of-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=53507","title":{"rendered":"Do morality and conscience require the ability for abstract thought (ie, an IQ north of 90)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The higher the IQ, for instance, the more clearly a person can recall the past and see into the future, to <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.amren.com\/ar\/2009\/02\/index.html\">use the subjunctive<\/a> (if everyone does what I am about to do, the world will be a better or worse place), and to see the benefits of cooperation. Lower IQ, therefore, are less likely to have a developed conscience and deserve much closer minding. In my life, I have noticed that people with a higher IQ are more likely to exhibit loyalty, gratitude and empathy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The higher the IQ, for instance, the more clearly a person can recall the past and see into the future, to use the subjunctive (if everyone does what I am about to do, the world will be a better or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=53507\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29582],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iq"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53507"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53509,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53507\/revisions\/53509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}