Episode 28: Moral Persuasion
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Dave and Tamler try their best to do a show without guests--we talk about moral persuasion, motivated reasoning, and whether it's legitimate to use emotionally charged rhetoric in a philosophical argument. Plus, we describe how students proceed through the "Stages-of-Singer," and Tamler finally defends himself against Dave's slanderous accusation of hypocrisy about animal welfare.

  Links Thomson, J. J. (1971). A defense of abortion.)  Philosophy & Public Affairs,1, 47-66.

Marquis, D. (1989). Why abortion is immoral.)  The Journal of Philosophy, 86(4), 183-202.

Ditto, P. H., & Lopez, D. F. (1992). Motivated skepticism: Use of differential decision criteria for preferred and nonpreferred conclusions.) Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, *63 *(4), 568.

Ditto, P.H., Pizarro, D.A., & Tannenbaum, D. (2009). Motivated Moral Reasoning.) In B. H. Ross (Series Ed.) & D. M. Bartels, C. W. Bauman, L. J. Skitka, & D. L. Medin (Eds.),* Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol. 50: Moral Judgment and Decision Making. *San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Dawson, E., Gilovich, T., & Regan, D. T. (2002). Motivated Reasoning and Performance on the Wason Selection Task.) Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1379-1387.

Sam's House), an orphanage in Nepal [sams-house.org] 

The identifiable victim effect) [wikipedia.org]

Tamler's mediocre TEDx talk) on Moral Persuasion [youtube.com]

10 Classic South Park Impressions) (including Sally Struthers) [youtube.com]

*musical breaks in this episode stolen from DJ Premier and Jay Electronica. Please don't sue. 

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