Morality and Behavior

The essay below reconciles morality as part of human nature, not a consequence of religion. Instead, religion co-opted the fundamentals of human nature's morality and institutionalized some of them for purposes good and bad.   Answering the Hard Question “You’re an Atheist?! How Do You Find Meaning and Morality in…

The below article by K McCaffree reviews academic work by B Campbell and J Manning describing how victimhood arises and becomes a social force. In summary, lots of people ordinarily seek offense so they can gripe about it and claim victimhood. Unfortunately, this mindset is unhelpful when crafting laws and…

Brilliant economist Daniel Kahneman, in one of my favorite books, Thinking, Fast And Slow, states his foundation for thinking using two systems: _______ SYSTEM ONE V. SYSTEM TWO We all utilize two systems when we strive to make a decision. AUTOMATIC SYSTEM ONE                                  REFLECTIVE SYSTEM TWO Uncontrolled    …