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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