Episode 28: Moral Persuasion
Summary: <p>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.</p><p> </p><h2>Links</h2><p>Thomson, J. J. (1971). <a href="http://spot.colorado.edu/~heathwoo/Phil160,Fall02/thomson.htm">A defense of abortion.</a> <em>Philosophy & Public Affairs</em>,<em>1</em>, 47-66.</p><p>Marquis, D. (1989). <a href="https://twoverybadwizards.squarespace.com/s/Marquis_Why-Abortion-is-Immoral.pdf">Why abortion is immoral.</a> <em>The Journal of Philosophy</em>, <em>86</em>(4), 183-202.</p><p>Ditto, P. H., & Lopez, D. F. (1992). <a href="http://verybadwizards.com/s/Ditto-and-Lopez-1992.pdf">Motivated skepticism: Use of differential decision criteria for preferred and nonpreferred conclusions.</a> <em>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology</em>, <em>63 </em>(4), 568.</p><p>Ditto, P.H., Pizarro, D.A., & Tannenbaum, D. (2009). <a href="http://www.peezer.net/s/ditto-pizarro-tannenbaum.pdf">Motivated Moral Reasoning.</a> In B. H. Ross (Series Ed.) & D. M. Bartels, C. W. Bauman, L. J. Skitka, & D. L. Medin (Eds.),<em> Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Vol. 50: Moral Judgment and Decision Making. </em>San Diego, CA: Academic Press.</p><p>Dawson, E., Gilovich, T., & Regan, D. T. (2002). <a href="http://verybadwizards.com/s/Dawson-Gilovich-Regan.pdf">Motivated Reasoning and Performance on the Wason Selection Task.</a> <em>Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin</em>, <em>28</em>, 1379-1387.</p><p><a href="http://www.sams-house.org/">Sam's House</a>, an orphanage in Nepal [sams-house.org] </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifiable_victim_effect">The identifiable victim effect</a> [wikipedia.org]</p><p> </p><p>Tamler's <span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuEm03Ko0J8">mediocre TEDx talk</a> on Moral Persuasion [youtube.com]</span></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB11SnHuUeQ">10 Classic South Park Impressions</a> (including Sally Struthers) [youtube.com]</p><p>*musical breaks in this episode stolen from DJ Premier and Jay Electronica. Please don't sue. </p><p> </p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/verybadwizards">Support Very Bad Wizards</a></p>
