Sleeping, moral foundations, and boring life events

[flexagon]

I feel like I've been sleeping since I made my last post. It's not quite true, but partly; I was sick and I did sleep long hours (with naps) on Friday and Saturday. Visited norwoodbridge and slept a lot at his place, too. When I wasn't sleeping I was reading The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. That was eye-opening and extremely good, and I'm glad I finished it; reading it is one of the big things I wanted to do for myself in the wake of the election. I keep looking back on various discussions I've had in my life about right and wrong, and being able to immediately identify which of Haidt's six moral foundations they were really about. I won't be able to do the book justice here, but here's a page on the moral foundations I'm talking about in case anyone's interested.

Also, what the hell, I'll list them:

• Care: cherishing and protecting others; opposite of harm.


• Fairness or proportionality: rendering justice according to shared rules; opposite of cheating.


• Liberty: the loathing of tyranny; opposite of oppression.


• Loyalty or ingroup: standing with your group, family, nation; opposite of betrayal.


• Authority or respect: submitting to tradition and legitimate author; opposite of subversion.


• Sanctity or purity: abhorrence for disgusting things, foods, actions; opposite of degradation.

(I'm mostly into the first three, putting me somewhere between liberal and libertarian according to Haidt. The next two trigger in my head just occasionally, and the last one pisses me off.)

Our second-floor neighbors have moved out, without saying goodbye (grump! no Loyalty!). Where did they go, and how long will it be until the next couple moves in, and how long until they inevitably become pregnant and move out? Not to stereotype, but that's what people in this particular apartment always do. I can't even remember the names of the ones before these ones, anymore.

Comments

[melebeth]

Our condo community just spawned again too. At the point where I'm the only one without spawn, I will need to expedite my exit.

[flexagon]

How many units are in your condo association? We have three, but, so far, every time we get outnumbered, the spawners in unit 2 depart.

[melebeth]

15 units

7.5 have dogs (one's partner has a visiting dog, hence the half a dog)

8 have children, including the units on both sides of me. Fortunately, one of the reasons I bought here was the excellent sound proofing. But I suspect at least 2 more couples will be breeding in the near future.

[le-coeur-chante.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this recommendation! I read some excerpts, and I'm making this my next book club book. Thank you thank you!

If you're interested in participating in a discussion (in the new year), fill out the poll to help pick a date:
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[flexagon]

Oh, excellent! I filled out your poll. I would love to attend a discussion, depending on how people vote and how it works out. I haven't had anyone to talk to about it, and it just continues to ring in my head... I'm truly grateful that I read it, despite what it taught me about my own lack of empathy/understanding in certain areas.

Just as an example, here's how I think different people are breaking down Standing Rock:

Sanctity/Purity: the pipeline is allegedly running over Sioux sacred burial grounds, so some of the tribe is having this activated and others are picking that up on their behalf.

Authority/Respect: some of the protestors are on private land, making trespassing a legitimate concern. And they are of course engaged in civil disobedience.

Fairness: were procedures followed during the building of the pipeline, to this point? I'm not sure but some people have reactions based on ideas of fairness and process.

Care/Harm: as the protestors appear to be harshly treated by authorities on the scene, this foundation triggers for (it seems) every last person on my Facebook feed.

Things get messiest, I think, when concerns arising from one foundation get pitted against those arising from another. At any rate, I really can't stop seeing things through these lenses now; I'm excited that you're reading the book; and I hope we get a chance to talk about it. :-)