Morality 2.0

• Autores: Dan Jones
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3040, 2015, págs. 36-39
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Jones investigates whether people can hack the outdated moral psychology to save the world. Human moral psychology evolved over tens of thousands of years as they became an evermore cooperative, social species. Early humans living in small bands were forced to hunt and forage collectively or starve. One key insight came from New York University psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who revealed that moral judgments are frequently driven not by rational, reflective thought but by intuitions and gut feelings. In one study he quizzed people about the morality of various acts, from cleaning a toilet with the US flag to having sex with a chicken bought from the supermarket. Participants often said these acts were immoral and clung to these judgments even when they couldn't provide good reasons for doing so.