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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 7 Oct 2016

    Truth and care: Alice Andrews comments on Jon Haidt’s moral dilemma as applied to academia today. https://shar.es/1EolNH  via @aliceandrews

    7:23 PM - 7 Oct 2016
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      2. Forfare Davis‏ @Pseudoplotinus 7 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        Re: a search for truth needing ideology. This conflates dogmatic ideology w heuristic ideology. @sapinker @aliceandrews @JonHaidt

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Ric Dragon‏ @RicDragon 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Pseudoplotinus

        in the end, was surprised @JonHaidt didn´t speak more on need to bridge the gap between 2 @sapinker @aliceandrews @JonHaidt

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Forfare Davis‏ @Pseudoplotinus 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @RicDragon

        Forfare Davis Retweeted Ric Dragon

        Bc if pursuit of true is subordinate to ideology there is no bridge. https://twitter.com/ricdragon/status/784782846812561408 … @RicDragon @JonHaidt @sapinker @aliceandrews

        Forfare Davis added,

        Ric Dragon @RicDragon
        Replying to @Pseudoplotinus
        in the end, was surprised @JonHaidt didn´t speak more on need to bridge the gap between 2 @sapinker @aliceandrews @JonHaidt
        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Forfare Davis‏ @Pseudoplotinus 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Pseudoplotinus

        "Building bridges" is a therapeutic term which, being therapeutic, is bounded by emotions. @RicDragon @JonHaidt @sapinker @aliceandrews

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Forfare Davis‏ @Pseudoplotinus 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @Pseudoplotinus

        Forfare Davis Retweeted Forfare Davis

        In contrast Socratic method pursues true regardless of feelings. https://twitter.com/pseudoplotinus/status/784783576025882624 … @RicDragon @JonHaidt @sapinker @aliceandrews

        Forfare Davis added,

        Forfare Davis @Pseudoplotinus
        Replying to @Pseudoplotinus
        "Building bridges" is a therapeutic term which, being therapeutic, is bounded by emotions. @RicDragon @JonHaidt @sapinker @aliceandrews
        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. End of conversation
      1. New conversation
      2. Jono Murphy‏ @MurphPsych 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aliceandrews

        @JonHaidt never argues we should ignore care or social justice. His point is telos. Also groping example ignores(1)

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Ric Dragon‏ @RicDragon 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @MurphPsych

        not as horribly as Lionel Shriver´s, though. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/opinion/will-the-left-survive-the-millennials.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=1 … @sapinker @aliceandrews @JonHaidt

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
      1. Jono Murphy‏ @MurphPsych 8 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aliceandrews

        "position of intellectual + emotional openness is my prescription" misses his point @JonHaidt which wins in clash?

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      1. Michael Revlin‏ @michaelrevlin 7 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aliceandrews

        @JonHaidt In the pursuit to acknowledge both sides, the depiction of the coddling movement was not honest.

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      1. New conversation
      2. kata‏ @cata_bgd 7 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aliceandrews

        people who were "afraid for their lives" because they saw trump graffiti need psychiatric help, not understanding.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Douglas Osborne‏ @DouglasGOsborne 9 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker

        "Platitudes about how we can’t know what it’s like to be inside someone else’s skin are all true" 1. How do you know?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. alice andrews‏ @aliceandrews 9 Oct 2016
        Replying to @DouglasGOsborne

        I know from experience & evidence. The point was that we don't all respond the same way to things.http://www.journals.elsevier.com/personality-and-individual-differences …

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. DarWINNING‏ @AwesomeKermit 25 Oct 2016
        Replying to @aliceandrews @DouglasGOsborne

        This is true, but is it not also true that we can respond in ways objectively disproportionate to a problem?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. DarWINNING‏ @AwesomeKermit 25 Oct 2016
        Replying to @AwesomeKermit @aliceandrews @DouglasGOsborne

        e.g. if I subjectively feel incredibly anxious & at a loss b/c you utter the phrase "car safety"?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. DarWINNING‏ @AwesomeKermit 25 Oct 2016
        Replying to @AwesomeKermit @aliceandrews @DouglasGOsborne

        John's point is that the desire to care for others has led to desires for equal outcomes, not treatment

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. DarWINNING‏ @AwesomeKermit 25 Oct 2016
        Replying to @AwesomeKermit @aliceandrews @DouglasGOsborne

        In that respect, it has occasionally come into conflict with actual justice and thereby with truth

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      8. End of conversation
      1. Douglas Osborne‏ @DouglasGOsborne 9 Oct 2016
        Replying to @sapinker @aliceandrews

        and 2. To what extent is the truth of that platitude itself "ideological?" The phrase "special pleading" seems apt

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