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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Steve Stewart-Williams

      Very important to understand this. Same is true with religion. Believers can think that to reject God is to reject all that morally good.https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/882821336623697921 …

      Helen Pluckrose added,

      Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill
      Why does politics bring out the worst in us? http://www.barrycarter.co/motivation-attribution-asymmetry/ … HT @Barry_Carter @glukianoff pic.twitter.com/MDIEYm7r2X
      3 replies 7 retweets 17 likes
    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      "there is something reassuring about the idea that most people are trying to do the right thing, even when ... horribly misguided." YES!

      2 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      That doesn't mean we get complacent & assume they'll work it out or, even worse, claim this means that morality is relative & all are equal.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      It does mean that there is hope. People who care about human wellbeing can be reached by other humans persuasive cases for a better approach

      1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      We have seen the case of the black man who convinced hundreds to leave the KKK by befriending them - shifting & widening their empathy.

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Maajid Nawaz described being turned away from extremism by Amnesty supported by non-Islamist Brits caring about his welfare & rights.

      1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      This is what ppl who see calling someone a terrorist as worse than calling them a psychopath get wrong. The latter is much worse morally.

      1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      And people who conflate violence underlain by fundamentalist psychology with psychopathy make this same motive attribution error.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017

      "They are just evil' rather than 'The premise underlying their morality is horribly wrong.'

      3:10 AM - 6 Jul 2017
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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          That isn't the same as excusing it - poor things, they're just confused - because there is an easily accessible world of ideas & ethics.

          1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          But it does mean we go about fixing it differently. eg supporting reformers rather than undermining them.

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          And in less extreme cases, talking to ppl on opposing side w assumption they care about ppl rather than are racists or traitors to country.

          2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          If you have not read this book, please do! If it's on your reading list, move it up to first place. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0076O2VMI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 …

          6 replies 2 retweets 22 likes
        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Conclusion to essay on Motivation Attribution Asymmetry. http://www.barrycarter.co/motivation-attribution-asymmetry/ …pic.twitter.com/qwWcZrJ81U

          0 replies 5 retweets 8 likes
        7. End of conversation
        1. Yenrap Rellin‏ @sisboombahbah 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          This is the core problem!

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        2. [Ravi] {{{Oli}}}‏ @SatyreContraire 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          A french sociologist, Gérald Bronner, wrote about that, it's really interesting. I don't think it's avalaible in english though.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. [Ravi] {{{Oli}}}‏ @SatyreContraire 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @SatyreContraire @HPluckrose

          It's called: Extreme thinking. How ordinary humans become fanatics. https://assr.revues.org/23456 

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. ReOpen911‏ @ReOpen911_info 6 Jul 2017
          Replying to @SatyreContraire @OlivierLambert @HPluckrose

          Consequences of extreme thinking:http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/unworthy-victims-western-wars-have-killed-four-million-muslims-1990-39149394 …

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