Sublime

They tend to have more confidence than conservatives do in the power of human reason to find rational solutions to problems. Following in the footsteps of philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke, they are motivated to keep rewriting the rules of society in order to keep improving it.

Rather, people care about their groups, whether those be racial, regional, religious, or political. The political scientist Don Kinder summarizes the findings like this: “In matters of public opinion, citizens seem to be asking themselves not ‘What’s in it for me?’ but rather ‘What’s in it for my group?’

The social intuitionist model starts with Hume’s model and makes it more social. Moral reasoning is part of our lifelong struggle to win friends and influence people. That’s why I say that “intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second.” You’ll misunderstand moral reasoning if you think about it as something people do by themselves in order to

Depuis des centaines de milliers d’années, cependant, Homo sapiens et ses ancêtres hominidés vivent au sein de petites communautés intimes ne comptant pas plus de quelques douzaines de personnes. Les hommes acquièrent aisément une loyauté envers de petits groupes intimes – tribu, compagnie d’infanterie, entreprise familiale –, mais il ne leur est g

Where they diverge from liberals most sharply is on two measures: the Care foundation, where they score very low (even lower than conservatives), and on some new questions we added about economic liberty, where they score extremely high (a little higher than conservatives, a lot higher than liberals).

As Ben Franklin said: “We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.”

She helps him see that adverse fortune is more beneficial than good fortune; the latter only makes men greedy for more, but adversity makes them strong.

If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

moral reasoning was often a servant of moral emotions,