Basically, thinking of people exhibiting bias as being “biased” at the level of identity is a form of bias. Then again, is it unjustified, or a reasonable belief update based on new information?
Personally, I was never a fan of the FAE term because it seems to privilege environmental causes over dispositional ones without justification. Yes, it could be that they’re angry because they’re hungry, but there genuinely exist people who are dispositionally more angry than most others.
Personally, I was never a fan of the FAE term because it seems to privilege environmental causes over dispositional ones without justification.
I get where you’re coming from, but I think most people need a nudge towards an environmental direction rather than towards the dispositional direction. FAE is I guess just a ‘reminder’ that environmental causes are even possible.
Basically, thinking of people exhibiting bias as being “biased” at the level of identity is a form of bias. Then again, is it unjustified, or a reasonable belief update based on new information?
Personally, I was never a fan of the FAE term because it seems to privilege environmental causes over dispositional ones without justification. Yes, it could be that they’re angry because they’re hungry, but there genuinely exist people who are dispositionally more angry than most others.
I get where you’re coming from, but I think most people need a nudge towards an environmental direction rather than towards the dispositional direction. FAE is I guess just a ‘reminder’ that environmental causes are even possible.