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Reason Round Table is a weekly discussion group that covers a wide range of topics including current events, science, philosophy, politics, government, economics, world affairs, religion, technology, art, and more.
We meet every Tuesday from 6:00 to 7:30 PM at Rock N Dough in Midtown Memphis for dinner, drinks, and conversation. Each week features a new topic, chosen from a rolling list of six that we vote on at the end of each meeting.
This is a group for anyone interested in participating in thoughtful discussions about big ideas. We welcome anyone who is intellectually curious and enjoys friendly, thoughtful, lively discussions and meeting other people who are engaged with diverse viewpoints and ideas.
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Bridging Moral Divides - Moral Foundations Theory, proposes that human morality is built on a set of universal, innate, evolved psychological foundations that serve to regulate social behavior and promote cooperation. The theory identifies five(ish) core, foundations: Care/Harm, Fairness/Cheating, Loyalty/Betrayal, Authority/Subversion, and Purity/Sanctity (with Liberty/Oppression sometimes added), which are prioritized differently across cultures and political ideologies, explaining moral diversity. If this theory holds true, what does this mean for our understanding of our own morals and how we understand, and judge, the morals of others? Can we surmount our disparate moral foundations?
Quiz: https://www.yourmorals.org/
1. The moral roots of liberals and conservatives - Jonathan Haidt (TED-Ed) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SOQduoLgRw&t=953s
2. Read this brief page https://moralfoundations.org/ and click the link on the page to read Chapter 7 of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion https://righteousmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ch07.RighteousMind.final_.pdf to
3. Most people are not WEIRD by Henrich et al. (2010). https://www.nature.com/articles/466029a(accessible with g-mail address)
4. Sex differences in moral judgements across 67 countries (abstract) by Atari et al. (2020). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33081618/
5. Robb Willer —Robb Willer: How to have better political conversations | TED talk https://www.ted.com/talks/robb_willer_how_to_have_better_political_conversations
