214: The Righteous Mind with Rylan Bowers

01:26 - Rylan’s Superpower: Helping People & Giving Back to Community
* “The rising tide lifts all boats.”
03:01 - The Righteous Mind (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Righteous_Mind) / Making and Rationalizing Choices
* Jonathan Haidt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt)
* Moral Psychology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_psychology)
* The Happiness Hypothesis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiness_Hypothesis) (The Elephant Metaphor)
* Social Intuitionism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_intuitionism)
09:11 - An Example of a Moral Reaction (CW Beastiality)
10:26 - Humans as Individuals vs Humans as Species / Increasing Group-Level Cohesion
* Homo Duplex (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_duplex#:~:text=Homo%20duplex%20is%20a%20view,other%20elements%20generated%20by%20society.)
* Transactional Leadership vs Transformational Leadership (https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-management/chapter/types-of-leaders/#:~:text=Transactional%20leadership%20works%20within%20set,and%20is%20more%20future%2Doriented.&text=Transformational%20leadership%20focuses%20on%20motivating,a%20vision%20of%20the%20future.)
* T-Groups: Resources for Interpersonal Skill Development (https://www.tgroups.org)
19:43 - Bridging the Gap Politically
* Thinking Empathatically
* “Addressing the Elephant”
* CivilPolitics.org: Educating the Public on Evidence-based methods for improving inter-group civility
* How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes
27:59 - Looking at Morality
* The WEIRD Culture (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology#WEIRD_bias) (western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic)
* 5 Main Foundations
* Care vs Harm
* Fairness vs Reciprocity
* Loyalty vs Betrayal
* Authority vs Subversion
* Purity/Sanctity vs Degradation
* The Omnivore’s Dilemma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omnivore%27s_Dilemma)
* Liberty vs Oppression
* YourMorals.Org (https://www.yourmorals.org)
38:55 - Morality Binds and Blinds / Group Cohesion
* Haidt: humans are 90 percent chimp and 10 percent bee (https://theindependentwhig.com/haidt-passages/haidt/haidt-humans-are-90-percent-chimp-and-10-percent-bee/)
* Sanctitity
* Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain De Botton (https://www.amazon.com/Religion-Atheists-Non-believers-Guide-Uses/dp/0307476820)
48:37 - Moving Forward / Fixing Divisiveness / Welcoming People w/ Different Viewpoints
* Yin and Yang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang)
* APA Convention Keynote 2016 ft. Jonathan Haidt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAE-gxKs6gM)
* Mani (prophet) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mani_(prophet)) / (Manichaeism) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism)
* Anti-Intellectualism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism_in_American_Life)
Reflections:
Damien: The Happiness Hypothesis (The Elephant Metaphor): Reflecting on the elephant.
Rylan: Finding a middle ground.
“The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose; Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart; If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease.” ― Jianzhi Sengcan (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1012788-the-perfect-way-is-only-difficult-for-those-who-pick)
John: The value of conservative viewpoints vs liberal viewpoints.
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath (https://www.amazon.com/Switch-Change-Things-When-Hard/dp/0385528752/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Switch%3A+How+to+Change+Things+When+Change+Is+Hard&qid=1607383928&sr=8-1)
More Resources:
The Ezra Klein Show (https://open.spotify.com/show/6NOJ6IkTb2GWMj1RpmtnxP)
inter-group civility (http://www.civilpolitics.org) (Large potential list of remedies)
Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of the American Mind (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b3Ob4CK4Xs&fbclid=IwAR0JLkS8tMiGS_TZB86z9i9lpC8ImzKqeLTc0KiiN3krHGV4eDuLTvFd5-E)
The Political Compass (https://www.politicalcompass.org/)
Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives (https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_the_moral_roots_of_liberals_and_conservatives) (TED Talk)
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Special Guest: Rylan Bowers.

01:26 - Rylan’s Superpower: Helping People & Giving Back to Community

“The rising tide lifts all boats.”

03:01 - The Righteous Mind / Making and Rationalizing Choices

Jonathan Haidt
Moral Psychology
The Happiness Hypothesis (The Elephant Metaphor)
Social Intuitionism

09:11 - An Example of a Moral Reaction (CW Beastiality)

10:26 - Humans as Individuals vs Humans as Species / Increasing Group-Level Cohesion

Homo Duplex
Transactional Leadership vs Transformational Leadership
T-Groups: Resources for Interpersonal Skill Development

19:43 - Bridging the Gap Politically

Thinking Empathatically
“Addressing the Elephant”
CivilPolitics.org: Educating the Public on Evidence-based methods for improving inter-group civility
How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes

27:59 - Looking at Morality

The WEIRD Culture (western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic)
5 Main Foundations

Care vs Harm
Fairness vs Reciprocity
Loyalty vs Betrayal
Authority vs Subversion
Purity/Sanctity vs Degradation

The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Liberty vs Oppression

YourMorals.Org

38:55 - Morality Binds and Blinds / Group Cohesion

Haidt: humans are 90 percent chimp and 10 percent bee
Sanctitity

Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion by Alain De Botton

48:37 - Moving Forward / Fixing Divisiveness / Welcoming People w/ Different Viewpoints

Yin and Yang
APA Convention Keynote 2016 ft. Jonathan Haidt
Mani (prophet) / (Manichaeism)
Anti-Intellectualism

Reflections:

Damien: The Happiness Hypothesis (The Elephant Metaphor): Reflecting on the elephant.

Rylan: Finding a middle ground.

“The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose; Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart; If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against. The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease.” ― Jianzhi Sengcan

John: The value of conservative viewpoints vs liberal viewpoints.

Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

More Resources:

The Ezra Klein Show
inter-group civility (Large potential list of remedies)
Jonathan Haidt: The Coddling of the American Mind
The Political Compass
Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives (TED Talk)

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Special Guest: Rylan Bowers.

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