“DO ASK, DO TELL IV”, MORAL REDUX, PART 3

MARCH 15, 2016 LEAVE A COMMENT EDIT

Before getting more specific as to how these ideas apply to individual s like me, let me present this chart:

There is a related posting on Blogger March 2 which credits the original Vox essay Feb. 5, 2016 by Emily Ekins and Jonathan Haidt on Moral Foundations Theory, especially as it relates to the moral view of people who support Donald Trump compared to the other more mainstream candidates.

(Note: I will recode the html for this 7 column table later when there is more time.)

Moral cat         antonym          Consol cat       color    candidate        Nolan chart     comment

caring  harm    empathy          blue     Sanders, Clinton(somewhat less)        liberal but sometimes communitarian            tends to stress groups, sometimes faith-based fellowship, too

individual fairness       cheating, mooching     proportionality            green   Cruz, Rubio     conservative to libertarian        personal responsibility an absolute

liberty  oppression       personal freedom        orange Paul, Cruz and Kasich less so libertarian to classically liberal  emphasizes personal autonomy, choice

loyalty betrayal           hierarchy         red       “The Donald” Trump  authoritarian    us v. them, belonging to the group

authority          subversion       hierarchy         red       Vladimir Putin authoritarian, both in communism and fascism            military values

sanctity            degradation, desecration         hierarchy         red       Huckabee        authoritarian/fascism but curiously relects self-expression         “body fascism” paradox; also, often tied to religions fundamentalism

(Continuing with the post text):

On March 15, David Brooks, in the New York Times, developed this theme further with an essay, “The Shame Culture“,  having nothing to do with shamans.  Paul Rosenfels has said “shame” is a feminine emotion, “guilt” is masculine.  Brooks connects shame to the group, guilt to the individual.  But individualism is as likely to be feminine as masculine; it is more a matter of having an unbalanced personality.

(Published: Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 1:30 PM EDT)

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