Re: Mind's Eye Re: A Book At Xmas or two

Oddly I think you have a better chance for good ethics among the poor
over the rich,
Allan

On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Molly <mollyb363@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if the researchers took into account that a truly ethical person
> would not participate in the kind of rubbish that presents predictable
> limited outcomes as fact. There may, indeed, be a correlation between
> creativity and ethics, but I suspect it is more inclusive and requires
> examination without the limits designed to define results. I keep going back
> to the model of spiral dynamics, one that allows and understands that we all
> move up and down and between memes during our lives given the circumstances
> of our experience. Someone who does not have enough money for food may
> cheat in this experiment more than someone who has never known financial
> stress or hunger. Here is a pretty good explanation of the original Graves
> material, although I've seen better, its the best I could find online this
> morning. http://www.edumar.cl/documentos/SD_version_for_constellation5.pdf
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> On Monday, December 24, 2012 5:58:21 PM UTC-5, archytas wrote:
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>> A free paper with the ideas is at
>> http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/11-064.pdf
>> I was interested because I find professional ethics and religious
>> morality collapse under circumstances of self-interest and become
>> rationalisation. WE need creative solutions - but there is a dark
>> side to creativity.
>>
>> On 24 Dec, 22:03, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone —
>> > Especially Ourselves" by Dan Ariely asks a seemingly simple question —
>> > "is dishonesty largely restricted to a few bad apples, or is it a more
>> > widespread problem?" — and goes on to reveal the surprising,
>> > illuminating, often unsettling truths that underpin the uncomfortable
>> > answer. Like cruelty, dishonesty turns out to be a remarkably
>> > prevalent phenomenon better explained by circumstances and cognitive
>> > processes than by concepts like character.
>> >
>> > Work like this is challenging traditional economics - the genre is
>> > 'behavioural economics'. My own take on this book and a lot of work
>> > from brain science and history is that we are at a tipping point in
>> > respect of the possibility of a human science. I'd like to see a
>> > broader literature take up this challenge beyond current drivel on
>> > black and white hats.
>> >
>> > So what are you guys reading?
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Of course I talk to myself,
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