A look at moral decision making in a framework of “liberal” and “conservative.”
Consider the following moral foundations that guide the decisions people make. How would you rank them in terms of their importance to you? Which one is top on your list? Which is least important to you?
Take your time. Order them from most to least in how important they are as guides to your moral decisions.
Care/Harm: This foundation is related to our ability to feel the pain of others and underlies the virtues of kindness, gentleness, and nurturance.
Fairness/Cheating: This foundation underlies the ideas of justice, rights, proportionality, and independence.
Liberty/Oppression: This foundation relates our feelings toward those who dominate and restrict our liberty. Tension with authority can bring people together in attempts to remove the oppressor.
Loyalty/Betrayal: Evolved from our tribal history and the formation of coalition groups with others. Patriotism and sacrifice for our group are two ways this foundation is expressed.
Authority/Subversion: Related to the hierarchy…
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This was a very interesting test/thought piece. Thanks for reblogging it. I left my comment over there.