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****** NYTimes.com: It’s Time for the U.S. to Give Israel Some Tough Love
It’s Time for the U.S. to Give Israel Some Tough Love
The Biden administration needs to do more than give gentle nudges on the war.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/opinion/israel-war-gaza.html?mwgrp=a-dbar&smid=em-share
The Moral Decline of Elite Universities
Too much of academia cares little for universal human dignity, leaves no space for forgiveness, and exhibits no interest in shared progress. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/interesectionality-american-college/676350/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
****** The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy
The gilded future of the top 10 percent—and the end of opportunity for everyone else https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/06/the-birth-of-a-new-american-aristocracy/559130/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
The Rider & the Elephant – Jonathan Haidt on Persuasion and Moral Humility
The Rider & the Elephant – Jonathan Haidt on Persuasion and Moral Humility
https://youtu.be/24adApYh0yc?si=jvs4OnEA1RhdcDyZ
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*** The New Puritans
Social codes are changing, in many ways for the better. But for those whose behavior doesn’t adapt fast enough to the new norms, judgment can be swift—and merciless. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/10/new-puritans-mob-justice-canceled/619818/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
****** The Dark Psychology of Social Networks
Why it feels like everything is going haywire https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/12/social-media-democracy/600763/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians
Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians
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Libertarians are an increasingly prominent ideological group in U.S. politics, yet they have been largely unstudied. Across 16 measures in a large web-based sample that included 11,994 self-identified libertarians, we sought to understand the moral and …
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The Rider & the Elephant – Jonathan Haidt on Persuasion and Moral Humility
The Rider & the Elephant – Jonathan Haidt on Persuasion and Moral Humility
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Excerpted from the Tom Woods podcast #429 (June 22, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3ks4LxL1tg Jonathan Haidt discusses persuasion, moral foundations, libertarians, systemizing vs empathizing, and the need to have moral/epistemological humility. ========================= Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical …
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******** NYTimes.com: To Support Ukraine, Persuade the Elephant
To Support Ukraine, Persuade the Elephant
Helping defend a free nation against brutal Russian aggression is smart, but also simply right.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/opinion/america-ukraine-russia-support.html?mwgrp=a-mbar&smid=em-share