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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Values, Behavior, and Precedence

There is an interesting Moral Foundation Theory  proposed by Jonathon Haidt that that we have (at least) 6 different innate moral foundations upon which various moralities are developed. These innate types can be likened to Jung's archetypes ala the Meyers-Briggs typology. We have these types at a level below conscious choice - built in types (so to speak). The six foundations are Care/harm, Fairness/cheating, Liberty/oppression, Loyalty/betrayal, Sanctity/degradation, Authority/subversion. The order we apply these foundations to a given situation can be different for different people. And that can result in vary different understanding / evaluation / answers to the same situation