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10/9/2018 1 Our Righteous Minds Vanderbilt Osher Life Long Learning Institute Fall, 2018

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Our Righteous

MindsVanderbilt Osher Life Long Learning Institute

Fall, 2018

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Disagreement

PowerStruggle

Splitting

FOCUS EMOTIONS MINDSET COMMUNICATION

problem (orissue) oriented

some dis-comfort (but manageable)

open and clear,on topic and specific

problem is focused on a person or group—who must be defeated

anxiety,mistrust…wariness…quick to anger,defensiveness

vague assertions,over-generalizations,blaming, complainingpersonal attacks,intense arguments

no longer able to think of staying in relationship

self-righteous-ness, frequent outrage,paranoia

diatribes, with focus on “principles,”relentless effort to discredit “other side”

obsessive thinking about opponents and their sinister goals

healthy curiosity: how do we solve this problem?

speculation about other’s motives, diagnosis of their dysfunctions

Haidt’s Journey from…

Secular…

Academic…

Liberal.

to appreciating the role ofreligion in shaping morality andsocial order

to acknowledging the limits ofabstract, logical reasoning

to understanding the moral foundations of conservativepolitical positions

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Haidt’s Intellectual Journey…

From a view of Moral Psychology as beingprimarily• Rational• Individualistic• And based only on Justice and Care

DILEMMA

RATIONALIST MORAL SEQUENCE

REASONEDANALYSIS

MORALJUDGMENT

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Haidt’s Intellectual Journey…

From a view of Moral Psychology as beingprimarily• Rational• Individualistic• And based only on Justice and Care

To an understanding of morality as• Intuitive and emotional• Highly influenced by social constructs• And multidimensional

Reason Deficiencies• “seeing that” vs. “reasoning

why” (i.e. Kahneman: System 1 vs. System 2thinking

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Who’sInCharge?

Reason Deficiencies• “seeing that” vs. “reasoning

why” (i.e. Kahneman: System 1 vs. System 2thinking

• Moral “dumbfounding”• Confirmation bias• Can/Must

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The “Can” / “Must” Shift

Already in Agreement

Predisposed Against