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

[Joshua Job]

100% on each. It's an okay quiz. It has better questions than the Political
Compass, but isn't long or nuanced enough to really allow for any fine
distinctions.
-Josh.
On Sep 2, 2012 11:51 AM, "J.R. Jones" <mrjones2020 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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:
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Dan Ust <dan_ust <dan_ust at yahoo.com>@<dan_ust at yahoo.com>
> yahoo.com <dan_ust at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > > http://<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0042366>
> www.plosone.org<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0042366>
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> info:doi<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0042366>
> /10.1371/<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0042366>
> journal.pone<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0042366>
> .0042366<http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0042366>
> > >
> > > 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
>
> Have any of you taken this quiz
>
> http:// <http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz>www.theadvocates.org<http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz>
> /quiz <http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz>
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> 100 % on personal
> 40 % economic
>
> You?
>
> I consider myself a liberaltarian.
>
> >
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