tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670925889748799179.post7116123977306085413..comments2023-08-16T07:04:42.279-04:00Comments on Persistent Wondering: Rationality, morals and Jonathan HaidtDavid O. Knuttunenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14031797720106188357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670925889748799179.post-71018229540702837732016-01-11T16:36:18.985-05:002016-01-11T16:36:18.985-05:00Yes, I read your occasional posts, occasionally. ...Yes, I read your occasional posts, occasionally. This one interested me becuase I just finished Joshua Green's "Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap between Us and Them" (2013). He references Haidt quite a bit, but takes on the same territory from a different angle: that of trying to jumpstart a reboot of utilitarianism as a respectable philosophic doctrine. He also takes a decidedly liberal (in the same sense that you use it) slant on Haidt's modules, making a good case that liberals' narrowness in considering the six modules actually gets them to better (utilitarian) answers to social and moral problems than conservatives.<br />Greene depends a lot on Hamilton's work on the evolutionary utility of altruism (I think perhaps more than he should), but comes to some of the same general conclusions as Haidt about redoubling our effort to understand the viewpoints of those we don't naturally agree with. He makes a lot of the idea of developing a common moral currency, based upon the idea that what is important in life is the "experience" of the good life, not happiness per se.<br />Worth a read, if you haven't already.Steve Reddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09282881993884865439noreply@blogger.com