Difference between revisions of "Haidt Moral Foundations Theory"

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Based on Haidt, 2012, Righteous in Mind, and my hypothesis.

Haidt Moral Foundations Theory, with causes
	Cause	Brain Mechanisms	Val:Loyalty	Val:Authority	Val:Purity
Libertanism	Poor social skills	dACC deficiency	Not important	against. they do not see need for somebody to control them.	No need for purity because they do not detect dangour from slime.
Liberalism	Prosperity and abundance of resources. k-selection	insula	not important because they do not detect danger to group	No need for, because ther is plenty for all, and we can mange withou a leader or a boss.	less need for purity, because that in open space when there is plenty of ground, there are less debases.
Conservatism	threat to the group, need for results. r-selection	more FFFF and amygdala	Most important, so the group can stay together and fight together, or work together for the same perpose.	There is a great need for hierarchy so the group can work efficiently.	In a gatherings there are a lot of diseases, so you need more purity and you are afraid of strangers and people that looks seek.

	Val:Fairness	Val:defend from harm	Val:Liberty	Val: Sexual purity
Libertinism	Reciprocity:what you invest is what you get.	-	Because they have difficulties managing themselves in society they appreciate that nobody will try to control them	Freedom of sex
Liberalism	Tends to equal distribution: there is abundance of resources so we can help the poor get better, and also because liberals thought to be lazy they favor state support for the weak. After liberals understood that equal sharing bring people not to work, liberals now advocate equal opportunity	They do not see threat to the group so they do not see reason not to protect the weak of other groups	due to their higher education they recognize cooperative control, and fight against it	When there is abondance, every body can do what ever he wants, especially if will not get pregnant due to the pills.
Conservatism	Reciprocity:only hard work will bring resources. everybody should work and not cheat on the group	if the people are not subordinate, or there is a reason for the king to punish, then it is OK to heart some	Liberty under the group, that protect us, but fight a government that take taxes to support the weak (the leaches)	Sexual arrousal cause people to look for diversity and many partners. This will cause the trust of the family to break and the group to break. people with a lot of desires can not control his desires and will take more resources from the group.