I recall reading somewhere that there are different sources of moral rules, I think things being sacred was one of them, ‘purity’ might have been another one or the same one, and if anyone remembers the three things I would appreciate knowing.
So by rejecting sacred cows, does this mean you would eliminate the whole category of moral rules that depend on something bring sacred? (I don’t think this is necessarily so from what you’ve said.)
I ask myself if I attach moral weight to anything sacred and I’m not sure.
Actually, I think so—I can think of some things that I care about symbolically, rather than just at the object level—but I attach the morality to my relationship with this thing rather than other people’s, so I’m not easily as offended. (though I can now think of some cases where I am)
So I’m confused on the topic. What do you think of ‘sacred’ in general?
I recall reading somewhere that there are different sources of moral rules, I think things being sacred was one of them, ‘purity’ might have been another one or the same one, and if anyone remembers the three things I would appreciate knowing.
You probably have in mind the theories of Jonathan Haidt.
I am skeptical towards his theories, though. There may be some truth in them, but his approach is extremely ideologized and, in my opinion, biased accordingly. (On the other hand, I do appreciate that he is explicit and upfront about his ideology and its role in his work. It is certainly a welcome contrast to what is commonly seen in academia.)
The 3 are community, autonomy, and divinity, and they come from the work of cultural anthropologist Richard Shweder. Purity was a big part of the ethic of divinity, so much so that you could even argue that “purity” would be a more appropriate label for it.
Jonathan Haidt worked with Shweder at the start of his career and basically adopted Shweder’s system, but he has since modified his views to include 5 moral foundations rather than 3: harm, fairness, ingroup, hierarchy, and purity.
But I never read Shweder or Haidt, I was only exposed to those ideas on LW.
Aha! Now that I know what to google, I discover that I was exposed to these ideas here.
I even took that quiz to find that I was relatively low on the purity foundation, just as in the example figure. The model and the quiz made a favorable impression—I decided I was comfortable with carving morality in that way—but then I apparently forgot the details.
I recall reading somewhere that there are different sources of moral rules, I think things being sacred was one of them, ‘purity’ might have been another one or the same one, and if anyone remembers the three things I would appreciate knowing.
So by rejecting sacred cows, does this mean you would eliminate the whole category of moral rules that depend on something bring sacred? (I don’t think this is necessarily so from what you’ve said.)
I ask myself if I attach moral weight to anything sacred and I’m not sure.
Actually, I think so—I can think of some things that I care about symbolically, rather than just at the object level—but I attach the morality to my relationship with this thing rather than other people’s, so I’m not easily as offended. (though I can now think of some cases where I am)
So I’m confused on the topic. What do you think of ‘sacred’ in general?
You probably have in mind the theories of Jonathan Haidt.
I am skeptical towards his theories, though. There may be some truth in them, but his approach is extremely ideologized and, in my opinion, biased accordingly. (On the other hand, I do appreciate that he is explicit and upfront about his ideology and its role in his work. It is certainly a welcome contrast to what is commonly seen in academia.)
The 3 are community, autonomy, and divinity, and they come from the work of cultural anthropologist Richard Shweder. Purity was a big part of the ethic of divinity, so much so that you could even argue that “purity” would be a more appropriate label for it.
Jonathan Haidt worked with Shweder at the start of his career and basically adopted Shweder’s system, but he has since modified his views to include 5 moral foundations rather than 3: harm, fairness, ingroup, hierarchy, and purity.
Those are the three, thanks.
But I never read Shweder or Haidt, I was only exposed to those ideas on LW.
Aha! Now that I know what to google, I discover that I was exposed to these ideas here.
I even took that quiz to find that I was relatively low on the purity foundation, just as in the example figure. The model and the quiz made a favorable impression—I decided I was comfortable with carving morality in that way—but then I apparently forgot the details.