Politics, Odors and Soap
Mar. 30th, 2012 12:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
apharConservatives may not like liberals, but they seem to understand them.
In contrast, many liberals find conservative voters not just wrong but also bewildering.
...for liberals, morality is largely a matter of three values: caring for the weak, fairness and liberty.
Conservatives share those concerns (although they think of fairness and liberty differently) and add three others: loyalty, respect for authority and sanctity.
if people were asked to wash their hands with soap and water before filling out a questionnaire, they become more moralistic about issues like drug use and pornography.
... interviewees ... offered harsher, more moralistic views after “fart spray” had been released in the area.
... students answered questions in more conservative ways when they were simply near a hand sanitizer station.
...a higher I.Q. doesn’t lead people to think through their moral positions in a more balanced, open way (although they are more eloquent in defending those positions).
...professors of moral philosophy are no more moral than other scholars.
And do you know what kind of books are disproportionately stolen from libraries?
Books on ethics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/kristof-politics-odors-and-soap.html
[no wonder - those who steal those books don't know ethics yet!]
In contrast, many liberals find conservative voters not just wrong but also bewildering.
...for liberals, morality is largely a matter of three values: caring for the weak, fairness and liberty.
Conservatives share those concerns (although they think of fairness and liberty differently) and add three others: loyalty, respect for authority and sanctity.
if people were asked to wash their hands with soap and water before filling out a questionnaire, they become more moralistic about issues like drug use and pornography.
... interviewees ... offered harsher, more moralistic views after “fart spray” had been released in the area.
... students answered questions in more conservative ways when they were simply near a hand sanitizer station.
...a higher I.Q. doesn’t lead people to think through their moral positions in a more balanced, open way (although they are more eloquent in defending those positions).
...professors of moral philosophy are no more moral than other scholars.
And do you know what kind of books are disproportionately stolen from libraries?
Books on ethics.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/kristof-politics-odors-and-soap.html
[no wonder - those who steal those books don't know ethics yet!]
