“@sapinker: I largely agree w this radical new theory: Most violence is morally motivated, not pathological.... http://goo.gl/ONa0hX ”
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@PJDunleavy You mean religion, right? Religiously motivated violence. So actually not so much “moral” as moronic.@sapinker
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@sapinker@Sahelanth Maybe you've never known the charge a successful act of violence gives. It's about power.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker could morality be a subconscious rationalization to legitimize action out of fear i.e. selfinterest i.e. exploitative?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker another argument in favor for the need of religion/spirituality. -
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@AdamFitchett@sapinker my religion IS all of the above. This is the work of just one scholar. http://www.alislam.org/library/books/revelation/ …
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@sapinker Yes; similar to@danariely 's theories on theft and cheating - we're hypocritical, not evil or rationally calculating.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker we use morality to justify mindsetThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@FriedrichHayek The importance of being noticed? Tend'g to one's moral career —> acceptance among one's peers See Peter RowbothamThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker And when a young man traps a wasp in a glass along with a lit match so that the wasp dies, this violence is moral too? How?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker it's not a new idea.@CamCriminology's per-Olof wikstrom has been writing about this for, say, 10 years... http://www.pads.ac.ukThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@DoeringNorman is this really all that "new" though? This article Basically reciprocated things I had already logically conceived -
@jake_anderson44@sapinker I've heard theories that violence was caused mostly by fear, but even that connects to morality.
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@sapinker Thank's for sharing. To me the conclusion is an oversimplification of a complex issue for the sake of having a clean explanation.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Any particular points you disagree with, Prof Pinker?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@sarahfarooqui20 They stretched definitions of "moral" motivations too far. -
@zenpundit@sapinker But morality as a term & practice can be stretched so much, along with its interpretations, contexts and acts. -
@sarahfarooqui20@sapinker when something is everything it loses explanatory power and becomes " So, what?"
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