I will try one last time, because we are way off track. Maybe it would help if you would read the introductory chapter to the book: http://righteousmind.com/about-the-book/introductory-chapter/. Quoting from Wikipedia, Haidt identifies six moral values which are cross-cultural:
1.Care for others, protecting them from harm. (He also referred to this dimension as Harm.) 2.Fairness, Justice, treating others equally. 3.Loyalty to your group, family, nation. (He also referred to this dimension as Ingroup.) 4.Respect for tradition and legitimate authority. (He also referred to this dimension as Authority.) 5.Purity or Sanctity, avoiding disgusting things, foods, actions. 6. Liberty/oppression: This foundation is about the feelings of reactance and resentment people feel toward those who dominate them and restrict their liberty. Haidt argues that there are a group of people for whom all six values are real "values". Let's call them, just for fun, conservatives. And then there are another group of people who "value" nos. 1, 2 and 6, but don't "value" 3, 4, and 5. Just for fun, let's call them "progressive liberals." Then it gets interesting, because Haidt then argues that because "conservatives" have a broader range of key values than progressive liberals, progressive liberals have a real difficult time understanding conservatives, because they can't relate to the additional values held by the conservatives. Conversely, conservatives do understand the progressive liberals, because they share the same values -- the only difference is that they have additional competing values that figure into the moral decision making. David Shemano -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carrol Cox Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:42 AM To: 'Progressive Economics' Subject: Re: [Pen-l] The Righteous Mind David Shemano. Haidt is trying to create a meta-analysis of certain universal values . . . ------- And that is where he goes off the track. There is no such thing as a "universal value," and any analysis grounded in that fallacy loses its relevance to actuality. As I said, the word "righteous" cast serious doubt on the book's interest. Carrol _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
