Value Drift & How to Not Be Evil Part I

This episode features:


-How do our values change as we age


-How does empathy shape values


-Why are we so conformist?


-Why we underestimate our risk of corruption


-Why many people argue that death is good/necessary


-How ethical slippery slopes lead to severe moral transgressions


-How evil behavior leads to worse values


 


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-References-


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(2015). Patterns of value change during the life span: Some
evidence from a functional approach to values. Personality and
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Paul, L. A. (2014). Transformative experience. OUP Oxford.


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Shu, L. L., Gino, F., & Bazerman, M. H. (2011). Dishonest
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Weinstein, N. D. (1980). Unrealistic optimism about future life
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Welsh, D. T., Ordóñez, L. D., Snyder, D. G., & Christian, M.
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pave the way for larger future transgressions. Journal of
Applied Psychology, 100(1), 114.


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