THE ILLUSION OF MORAL DECLINE by Adam M. Mastroianni and Daniel T. Gilbert (Nature, 2023).
"In a series of studies using both archival and original data (n = 12,492,983), we show that people in at least 60 nations around the world believe that morality is declining, that they have believed this for at least 70 years and that they attribute this decline both to the decreasing morality of individuals as they age and to the decreasing morality of successive generations. Next, we show that people’s reports of the morality of their contemporaries have not declined over time, suggesting that the perception of moral decline is an illusion. Finally, we show how a simple mechanism based on two well-established psychological phenomena (biased exposure to information and biased memory for information) can produce an illusion of moral decline."
This is to appease some well-meaning but overtly Christian and out-of-touch family members. Something for a 12yo who reads well above his age, along the lines of inspiration/motivation for teens to be good humans and members of society
Rather than have them pushing propaganda on my son I’d like to find a worthwhile read they will feel addresses the insufficient Christian influence in his life
Archaeologists in Mexico said Wednesday they have found 13 buried sets of human remains, eight of which appear to be young men who were apparently decapitated as part of a ceremony to consecrate a temple....
#Ethik ist Teilbereich der #Philosophie und mithin wissenschaftliche Disziplin. Untersuchungsgegenstand der Ethik ist die #Moral.
Normative Ethik prüft, ob sich moralische Normen und daraus folgende Werturteile rechtfertigen lassen - und dieser Punkt ist der wichtigste: Moral erfordert stets eine logisch schlüssige Rechtfertigung. Sie kennt nur ein Eichmass: Die #Vernunft (Ratio).
Also ist Moral immer universell-objektiv, nie subjektiv oder relativ.
The #Israeli state's response to this uprising will be devastating and barbaric. But #life as it is now for #Palestinians is one of degradation, exile, and murder at the hands of a merciless #colonial system. They have chosen to grasp at #freedom while they still have a chance, desperate though it may be. Forget the #hypocrisy and #moral#cowardice of those who would deny the Palestinians their lawful right of resistance; the #people of Palestine deserve our unwavering support and #solidarity.
A Tearful Farewell to the 21 Species We Declared #Extinct in 2023
“I thought about how I would grieve for a friend.”
Many of these #species had not been seen in decades. But the announcement was a sobering reminder that the #ClimateCrisis crisis and #habitat#destruction are accelerating an #extinction crisis that threatens 2 million species
“It’s a horrible tragedy,” said the ecologist and author Carl Safina. “And I think it is a breach of our #moral guardrails.”
The primary victims of Israel’s assault on #Gaza are the #Palestinians trapped there. Over 20,000 people, half of them children, have been killed so far; another 53,000 have been wounded.wider damage is being done, damage that extends far beyond Gaza. Around the world, people forced to witness this slow-motion genocide—while feeling unable to stop it—are being subjected to moral injuries that will reverberate for generations.
Until colonial government people show me they're willing to take very hard stances AGAINST their own freaking #corrupt#caucus - I won't trust a single one of them. I don't care how nice they are to me either. I look beyond that. I look at who you back up, who you call out, what issues you opt to speak hard & loudly about.
I monitor the #moral & #ethical#CONSISTENCY levels of all politicians. If you don't measure up - you FAIL. I don't care who the hell you know or what party you're with.
For Hayim’s death and the death of 1,400 others, [#Israel 's President Isaac Herzog said, it is not just #Hamas but “an entire nation out there that is responsible.” My brother would find this #moral logic despicable. Hayim would never want #Palestinians in #Gaza to pay for his life with their own. Most pressingly, my brother would be heartbroken to know that his death inspired the same vengeful #violence he spent his life opposing.]
Retired #military leaders filed an #amicus brief Mon writing that #Trump’s #AbsoluteImmunity theory “has the potential to severely undermine the Commander-in-Chief’s #legal & #moral authority to lead the military forces, as it would signal that they but not he must obey the #RuleOfLaw.”
Johnson his work was #ADF “would tell you that was #legal#work, but also #moral work in the #sense that I think that he thought he was helping carry out #Godswill on #Earth,” Parker said.
He quoted Genesis in his #sermon — I’m sorry, his concurring opinion — in the AL ruling that turned #IVF on its head by defining #FrozenEmbryos as children.
He quoted 17th century Dutch #theologian Petrus Van Mastricht. Ya know, good ole Van Mastricht. He quoted a 16th century #Bible – because older is closer to God, maybe – & quoted the #6thCommandment, thou shalt not kill.
He quoted Thomas Aquinas & John Calvin & one of Roy Moore’s old pals at the Foundation for #Moral Law in Montgomery. He wrote of the “wrath of God.”
"In the study, participants rated responses from AI and humans without knowing the source, and overwhelmingly favored the AI’s responses in terms of virtuousness, intelligence, and trustworthiness.
This modified moral Turing test, inspired by ChatGPT and similar technologies, indicates that AI might convincingly pass a moral Turing test by exhibiting complex moral reasoning."
Mexico finds 8 sacrificial victims at Gulf coast pyramid - victims 2,000 years old (apnews.com)
Archaeologists in Mexico said Wednesday they have found 13 buried sets of human remains, eight of which appear to be young men who were apparently decapitated as part of a ceremony to consecrate a temple....