tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post6971521628917770828..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Moral emotionsDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-76618911476654185302013-03-18T04:53:24.209-04:002013-03-18T04:53:24.209-04:00professor, your comment on this would be appreciat...professor, your comment on this would be appreciated.<br />http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/spiegel-interview-with-edward-wilson-on-the-formation-of-morals-a-884767-druck.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-31197400728204055652013-03-18T03:22:49.224-04:002013-03-18T03:22:49.224-04:00I'm currently reading Jonathan Haidt's boo...I'm currently reading Jonathan Haidt's book The Righteous Mind, which is about moral emotions and reasoning. He's a social psychologist but quite well read in anthropology and philosophy as well, which makes the book a very interesting read. He attempts to formulate a typology of moral emotions that allows for cultural variation as well. A sort of updated Humean account of moral emotions and reasoning.Heikki Wileniusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-57925785384799410662013-03-17T17:20:19.424-04:002013-03-17T17:20:19.424-04:00Chimps looking at each other. Reminds me -"th...Chimps looking at each other. Reminds me -"theory of mind" – the intuition about what is going on in another person's headjfleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370946229609162145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-8633938782212651612013-03-16T11:22:29.384-04:002013-03-16T11:22:29.384-04:00It also seems likely these same moral emotions are...It also seems likely these same moral emotions are responsible for a lot of violence and killing. Many violent actions are justified by feelings of moral outrage. <br /><br />These moral emotions seem to be very much about tribal solidarity, causing very different kinds of actions toward those who are members of the trusted in group, and those who are outsiders and thus objects of suspicion and mistrust. It seems fairly obvious how this powerful set of defensive protective/impulses and hostile/violent impulses would have served small groups and their individual members well in an environment of competition for resources.Jeffrey Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097567850607367929noreply@blogger.com