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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Feb 2015

    Most of the world's violence is moralistic, not self-interested. | David Nussbaum and Séamus A Powerhttp://gu.com/p/46832/stw 

    7:44 AM - 28 Feb 2015
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      2. Robert Wright‏ @robertwrighter 28 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker both can be true: natural selection designed our moralistic tendencies to serve the self's (or at least the genes') interests.

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      3. Jeremy Bowman‏ @bowmanthebard 28 Feb 2015
        Replying to @robertwrighter

        @robertwrighter @sapinker But in morally-motivated acts, there's usually a big difference between the self's and the genes' interests.

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      4. Robert Wright‏ @robertwrighter 28 Feb 2015
        Replying to @bowmanthebard

        @bowmanthebard @sapinker can be, yes. but my main point is that moralism can be unconsciously self-interested.

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      5. Jeremy Bowman‏ @bowmanthebard 28 Feb 2015
        Replying to @robertwrighter

        @robertwrighter @sapinker Yes, such as giving to charity as an ornament of sexual selection. But when danger is involved, I think it's rare.

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      1. neuro.social.self‏ @neurosocialself 22 Mar 2015
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        SOCIO: Most of the world's violence is moralistic, not self-interested. http://gu.com/p/46832/stw  RT @sapinker

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      1. Alex Sutherland‏ @_criminologist 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker yup, not a new idea http://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/49/0 …

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      1. JBGood‏ @JBGoodbody 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker re: Guardian article. Isn't moralistic violence just the proximal justification to ultimate self interest? Isn't either/or

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      1. Rian Hughes‏ @rianhughes 28 Feb 2015
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        "Violence is usually perpetrated by people who believe that they are doing good by their moral standards" http://gu.com/p/46832/stw ”@sapinker

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      1. Ari Wallach‏Verified account @AriW 28 Feb 2015
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        “@sapinker: Most of the world's violence is moralistic, not self-interested. | Nussbaum and Power http://gu.com/p/46832/stw ” @JaredCohen

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      1. Jeffrey Flier‏ @jflier 28 Feb 2015
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        Why morality matters. RT @sapinker: Most of the world's violence is moralistic, not self-interested.http://gu.com/p/46832/stw 

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      1. John Kubie‏ @JohnKubie 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker "honor" is a major culprit. See appiah's "the honor code". Do you agree?

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      1. Coert Visser‏ @CoertVisserCPW 2 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Is there an objective way to evaluate moral frameworks so that we can determine how justified morally inspired violence is?

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      1. R‏ @rdavidovich 1 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @izakmoss there's no real way to know, since so much self-interest clothes itself in the mantle of morality.

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      1. ComplexPoint‏ @ComplexPoint 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker You don't see a circularity in that argument ? ( perhaps the seagulls think the ship is following them :-)

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      1. John Malik‏ @kilamie 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker morality defined as rational thought justifying a means to an end is not morality.

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      1. Alan Robert Ross‏ @alanrobertross 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker Obvious to all but the culturally blind & they won't read it. People who know there are many moral codes don't need to.

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      1. J. 🎃P = .06 🎃 de Ruiter‏ @JPdeRuiter 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker How ironic.

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      2. TygerBurning‏ @LegionAvalon 28 Feb 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @1Lolamarina I think that's a smokescreen. The puppet-masters are driven by greed.

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      3. LolaMarina  🌍‏ @1lolamarina 28 Feb 2015
        Replying to @LegionAvalon

        @LegionAvalon Greed is a "religion " for those who practice it. Some people were born with no desire to accumulate wealth.

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      1. LolaMarina  🌍‏ @1lolamarina 28 Feb 2015
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        @sapinker What is a good book on interpretational bias?

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