[ExI] Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians

[J.R. Jones]

On Sep 2, 2012 11:05 AM, "Kelly Anderson" <kellycoinguy<kellycoinguy at gmail.com>
@ <kellycoinguy at gmail.com>gmail.com <kellycoinguy at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Dan Ust <dan_ust <dan_ust at yahoo.com>@<dan_ust at yahoo.com>
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> > http://<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0042366>
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> > Comments?
>
> This paper reminds me of Douglas Adams reference to the "Maximegalon
> Institute of Slowly and Painfully Working Out the Surprisingly
> Obvious"...
>
> Overall, I would have to say the paper reflects the Libertarian view
> (or at least my views) fairly and accurately.
>
> "Libertarians appear to have a coherent moral philosophy, which
> includes a general opposition to forcing any particular moral code
> upon others."
>
> Spot on.
>
> I feel like I do have a good deal of empathy, but perhaps other people
> have even more. Here, perhaps, I am out of the Libertarian mainstream.
> I would be very curious where I personally fall on this empathy scale,
> and would like to know if anyone knows where I can self test my
> empathy level such as is worked out in this paper, just out of
> curiousness. I would be astonished if many people had more empathy
> than I do, but I like being astonished from time to time.
>
> I like the three predictions...
> 1.    Libertarians will value liberty more strongly and consistently
> than liberals or conservatives, at the expense of other moral
> concerns. This expectation is based on the explicit writings of
> libertarian authors (e.g. the Libertarian party website at lp.org,
> with the title “The Party of Principle: Minimum Government, Maximum
> Freedom”).
> 2.    Libertarians will rely upon emotion less – and reason more –
> than will either liberals or conservatives. This expectation is based
> upon previous research on the affective origins of moral judgment [8],
> as well as libertarians' own self-characterizations. For example, one
> of the main libertarian magazines is called, simply, Reason.
> 3.    Libertarians will be more individualistic and less collectivist
> compared to both liberals and conservatives. This expectation is based
> upon previous research concerning the social function of moral
> judgment [17], [29], [33]. Libertarians often refer to the “right to
> be left alone” [38], and show strong reactance toward social or legal
> pressures to join groups or assume obligations toward others that are
> not freely chosen [39].
>
> And it seems that the predictions held up.
>
> I do disagree with one aspect, at least as it applies to me. I am a
> generous and giving person. What I value is having the liberty to be
> generous and giving as an individual, and not having the state be
> generous and giving with MY money. So when they say libertarians in
> general are not as generous and giving, I think I would have to
> disagree with that.
>
> I skipped some of the more technical details in the paper... pretty long.
>
> -Kelly

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