About the Psychology of Morality posts…

I’m not positing these as some kind of “Theory of Everything.” I’m just taking a look at some influences pushing our society in one way or another that we may not have considered until lately.

On the Psychology of Morality – Part Deux

Gaining Girth, Wasting Wealth and Doing Time. Ok, now I’m taking you into serious supposition territory into the intersection of lifestyle, polititics, biology and this psychology of morality. Does the average American adult have more or less blood sugar in his system than someone of, say, his grandfather’s generation? More, at least in terms of [...]

On the Psychology of Morality

Dr. Haidt, of the post below, was recently involved in a conference on the psychology of morality, hosted by edge.org. All the article are well worth reading, even if you find yourself disagreeing. One researcher, Dr. Roy Baumeister, presented this gem: And so that said, in terms of trying to understand human nature, well, and [...]

The real difference between liberals and conservatives?

I’m pretty sure that I posted this before, but in case you didn’t see it: This considered in the context of the previous post – worldwide we have a genetic trait and epigenetic (environmental impact upon gene expression) for liberalism vs. conservatism which result in political and moral conflict. There’s more, but we’ll save for [...]

Researchers find a “liberal gene”.

Interesting. By matching genetic information with maps of the subjects’ social networks, the researchers were able to show that people with a specific variant of the DRD4 gene were more likely to be liberal as adults, but only if they had an active social life in adolescence. I wonder what happened with those who didn’t. [...]

Do-Gooders

Michael at Innocent Bystanders has a great post up on what happens when politicians from doing their jobs to doing “good” and he focuses in on the harm done in the name of civil rights/racial equality. It called to mind this old quote: “The reformer is always right about what is wrong. He is generally [...]

Haven’t blogged anything in a while

Should I let the blog go defunct? While not necessarily forswearing anything you may read in older posts, I can say that my interest in politics has waned sharply. I find that I’ve become much more of a reactionary since I began. I’ve no faith in a party whatsoever. The DNC needs a stake driven [...]