Climate change and moral judgement

Trakar · Aug 5, 2012

Climate change and moral judgement

Converging evidence from the behavioural and brain sciences suggests that the human moral judgement system is not well equipped to identify climate change a complex, large-scale and unintentionally caused phenomenon as an important moral imperative. As climate change fails to generate strong moral intuitions, it does not motivate an urgent need for action in the way that other moral imperatives do. We review six reasons why climate change poses significant challenges to our moral judgement system and describe six strategies that communicators might use to confront these challenges. Enhancing moral intuitions about climate change may motivate greater support for ameliorative actions and policies.
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Six psychological challenges posed by climate change to the human moral judgement system.
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Abstractness and cognitive complexity [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The abstract nature of climate change makes it non-intuitive and cognitively effortful to grasp [/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]The blamelessness of unintentional action [/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The human moral judgement system is finely tuned to react to intentional transgressions [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Guilty bias [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Anthropogenic climate change provokes self-defensive biases [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Uncertainty breeds wishful thinking [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The lack of definitive prognoses results in unreasonable optimism [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Moral tribalism [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The politicization of climate change fosters ideological polarization [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Long time horizons and faraway places [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Out-group victims fall by the wayside [/FONT][/FONT]

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Six psychological strategies that communicators can use to bolster the recognition of climate change as a moral imperative.
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Use existing moral values[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Frame climate change using more broadly held values that appeal to untapped demographics[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Burdens versus benefits[/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Focus messaging on the costs, not benefits, that we may impose on future generations[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Emotional carrots[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Whitney Semibold,Whitney Semibold][FONT=Whitney Semibold,Whitney Semibold], [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]not sticks[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Motivate action through appeals to hope, pride and gratitude rather than guilt, shame and anxiety[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Be wary of extrinsic motivators[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Pushing action on climate change as good business may backfire[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Expand group identity[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Increase identification with and empathy for future generations and people living in other places[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Highlight positive social norms[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Leverage human susceptibility to social influence and approval[/FONT][/FONT]

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...Fortunately, recent insights may point the way towards effective strategies to combat these challenges and increase recognition of action on climate change as a moral imperative; doing so may be particularly useful in motivating widespread public support for political action...
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Worth a look through for those interested in more than simply discussing the issue casually on a political message board.

bripat9643 · Aug 5, 2012

The problem with climate change isn't a moral one. It's a scientific issue. The evidence for AGW is weak, to say the least. Without strong evidence of a pending catastrophe, there is no moral issue involved. The premise of your entire post is therefore pure caca

Trakar said: ↑

Climate change and moral judgement

Converging evidence from the behavioural and brain sciences suggests that the human moral judgement system is not well equipped to identify climate change a complex, large-scale and unintentionally caused phenomenon as an important moral imperative. As climate change fails to generate strong moral intuitions, it does not motivate an urgent need for action in the way that other moral imperatives do. We review six reasons why climate change poses significant challenges to our moral judgement system and describe six strategies that communicators might use to confront these challenges. Enhancing moral intuitions about climate change may motivate greater support for ameliorative actions and policies.
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Six psychological challenges posed by climate change to the human moral judgement system.
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Abstractness and cognitive complexity [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The abstract nature of climate change makes it non-intuitive and cognitively effortful to grasp [/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]The blamelessness of unintentional action [/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The human moral judgement system is finely tuned to react to intentional transgressions [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Guilty bias [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Anthropogenic climate change provokes self-defensive biases [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Uncertainty breeds wishful thinking [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The lack of definitive prognoses results in unreasonable optimism [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Moral tribalism [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The politicization of climate change fosters ideological polarization [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Long time horizons and faraway places [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Out-group victims fall by the wayside [/FONT][/FONT]

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Six psychological strategies that communicators can use to bolster the recognition of climate change as a moral imperative.
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Use existing moral values[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Frame climate change using more broadly held values that appeal to untapped demographics[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Burdens versus benefits[/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Focus messaging on the costs, not benefits, that we may impose on future generations[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Emotional carrots[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Whitney Semibold,Whitney Semibold][FONT=Whitney Semibold,Whitney Semibold], [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]not sticks[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Motivate action through appeals to hope, pride and gratitude rather than guilt, shame and anxiety[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Be wary of extrinsic motivators[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Pushing action on climate change as good business may backfire[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Expand group identity[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Increase identification with and empathy for future generations and people living in other places[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Highlight positive social norms[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Leverage human susceptibility to social influence and approval[/FONT][/FONT]

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...Fortunately, recent insights may point the way towards effective strategies to combat these challenges and increase recognition of action on climate change as a moral imperative; doing so may be particularly useful in motivating widespread public support for political action...
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Worth a look through for those interested in more than simply discussing the issue casually on a political message board.

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Trakar · Aug 5, 2012

bripat9643 said: ↑

The problem with climate change isn't a moral one. It's a scientific issue. The evidence for AGW is weak, to say the least. Without strong evidence of a pending catastrophe, there is no moral issue involved. The premise of your entire post is therefore pure caca
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Your lies, errors and confused misunderstandings of the science, much less the fringe political conspiracies you delusionally root such fantasies to, are irrelevent to this thread, but feel free to cite compelling evidence in support of your ravings.

Truthmatters · Aug 5, 2012

they dont like sceince

Trakar · Aug 5, 2012

Truthmatters said: ↑

they dont like sceince
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You have to recognize something before you can appreciate its value.

Oddball · Aug 5, 2012

Trakar said: ↑

Climate change and moral judgement

Converging evidence from the behavioural and brain sciences suggests that the human moral judgement system is not well equipped to identify climate change — a complex, large-scale and unintentionally caused phenomenon — as an important moral imperative. As climate change fails to generate strong moral intuitions, it does not motivate an urgent need for action in the way that other moral imperatives do. We review six reasons why climate change poses significant challenges to our moral judgement system and describe six strategies that communicators might use to confront these challenges. Enhancing moral intuitions about climate change may motivate greater support for ameliorative actions and policies.
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Six psychological challenges posed by climate change to the human moral judgement system.
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Abstractness and cognitive complexity [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The abstract nature of climate change makes it non-intuitive and cognitively effortful to grasp [/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]The blamelessness of unintentional action [/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The human moral judgement system is finely tuned to react to intentional transgressions [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Guilty bias [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Anthropogenic climate change provokes self-defensive biases [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Uncertainty breeds wishful thinking [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The lack of definitive prognoses results in unreasonable optimism [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Moral tribalism [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]The politicization of climate change fosters ideological polarization [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Long time horizons and faraway places [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Out-group victims fall by the wayside [/FONT][/FONT]

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Six psychological strategies that communicators can use to bolster the recognition of climate change as a moral imperative.
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Use existing moral values[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Frame climate change using more broadly held values that appeal to untapped demographics[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Burdens versus benefits[/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Focus messaging on the costs, not benefits, that we may impose on future generations[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Emotional carrots[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Whitney Semibold,Whitney Semibold][FONT=Whitney Semibold,Whitney Semibold], [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]not sticks[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Motivate action through appeals to hope, pride and gratitude rather than guilt, shame and anxiety[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Be wary of extrinsic motivators[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Pushing action on climate change as ‘good business’ may backfire[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Expand group identity[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Increase identification with and empathy for future generations and people living in other places[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium][FONT=Whitney Medium,Whitney Medium]Highlight positive social norms[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book][FONT=Whitney Book,Whitney Book]Leverage human susceptibility to social influence and approval[/FONT][/FONT]

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...Fortunately, recent insights may point the way towards effective strategies to combat these challenges and increase recognition of action on climate change as a moral imperative; doing so may be particularly useful in motivating widespread public support for political action...
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Worth a look through for those interested in more than simply discussing the issue casually on a political message board.

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Ahh...The invocation of morality, and what ecological heathens the skeptics are.

As though we needed more evidence that the anthropogenic Goebbels warming scam is a pseudo-scientific religious cult....But we'll take it.

Good job.

CrusaderFrank · Aug 5, 2012

When hiding the decline and destroying the data fail, play the "Moral Judgement" Card

CrusaderFrank · Aug 5, 2012

Trakar said: ↑

Truthmatters said: ↑

they dont like sceince
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You have to recognize something before you can appreciate its value.
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I recognize the only person in the whole history of Climate science to get a 5 degrees increase from 800PPM of CO2! Wow!

Congrats!

MIT failed, IPCC, NASA, NOAA all failed.

Take a bow, Trak!

flacaltenn · Aug 5, 2012

Just amazingly desparate... THe folks on the left with no sense of self-preservation providing the Charlie Brown 5c Psych Booth..

Go heal yourself --- And PASS THE PROZAC !!!!!

Trakar · Aug 5, 2012

Oddball said: ↑

Ahh...The invocation of morality, and what ecological heathens the skeptics are.
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Nah, not heathens, pagans maybe, but mostly pitifully arrogant idiots determined to stand their ground regardless of facts, evidence or reality.

Good job.
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Thank-you, you as well, without your presence, no one would believe that people like you really exist, outside of state run facillities!

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