🧩 Philosophy 3d ago · Robin Hanson

Moralized Trends Are Often Extended

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Moralized Trends Are Often Extended
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Compared to the ancients, we moderns less moralize our personal lives, but more moralize the bigger world around us. Wars and politics, for example, are more moralized to us. In particular, we tend to be eager to interpret big-scale trends in moral terms, and often do so if enough trend context factors can support such an interpretation. These moral interpretations often change how we respond to big tends, which often enhances these trends.For example, when gas prices rise, many are tempted to e

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