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 [...]