#585 Philippe Rochat Moral Acrobatics: How We Avoid Ethical Ambiguity by Thinking in Black and White
RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 1st 2021.
Dr. Philippe Rochat is Professor of Psychology at Emory University. What is the nature and origins of human self-conscious psychology? Driven by this question, the main focus of Dr. Rochat’s research in the Emory Infant and Child Lab is on the early sense of self, emerging self-concept, the development of social cognition and relatedness, and the emergence of a moral sense during the preschool years in children from all over the world growing up in different cultural environments and socio-economic circumstances. Dr. Rochat has published five books, including Moral Acrobatics: How We Avoid Ethical Ambiguity by Thinking in Black and White.
In this episode, we focus on Moral Acrobatics. The topics covered include: black-and-white thinking; three forces: in-group favoritism (parochialism), the basic need to affiliate; the struggle for recognition (reputation); essentialism; the fundamental attribution error; ethical ambiguity and how we avoid it; the developmental psychology of lying; legal systems; individual differences in moral acrobatics; and if it is possible for us to become better people by learning about moral development.
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Intro
Black-and-white thinking
Three forces: in-group favoritism (parochialism), the basic need to affiliate; the struggle for recognition (reputation)
Ethical ambiguity, and how we avoid it
Do people ever think they are in the wrong?
The development of lying
How do we develop our morals?
Legal systems
Individual differences in moral acrobatics
Moral realism
Can we become better people by learning about moral development?
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University page: https://bit.ly/3aCRy5e
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/3ul5KXX
Books on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3nLlNfq
Moral Acrobatics: https://amzn.to/3eXJ1e2