John Protzko

The disgusting truth about moral decision making

A foundation of morality rests on a weak…foundation Moral foundations theory (MFT) suggests what really underlies our decisions about the morality of behavior are five fundamental factors of our reasoning: awareness of Harm, Fairness, Ingroup/Outgroup thinking, Authority, and Purity. It is predicted that these basic human concerns are what govern our decisions about what is moral and what is not […]

Fallacy of Causal Exclusion

Fallacy of Causal Exclusion The Fallacy of Causal Exclusion occurs when someone assumes that the phrase “X Causes Y” has an effect on the relation of other variables to Y. This fallacy can come up in two instances: Assume A, B, C, and X all are causes of Y. The first instance is the following: X […]

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