Postscript: Moral acrobatics and human violence. Part 4. Facts: what does it mean to be “moral”? Human self-reflective curse ; Double standards ; Moral acrobatics ; Value creation and moral comfort zones ; Hitler was a vegetarian ; No pure monsters -- Part 2. Proclivities: what guides our moral decisions? Moral sphere collapses ; A heart made of abundance ; Spherical alliances ; Exclusivity instinct ; Love as exclusion ; Belonging instinct -- Part 3. Mechanisms: what shapes our moral decisions? Blind spots and shortcuts ; Fundamental attribution error ; Clustering and stereotyping ; Pervasive fetishism ; Ingrained essentialism ; Essentialism and prejudice ; Group essentialism ; Self-essentialism -- Part 4. Development: what are the origins of our moral decisions? Self-consciousness in development ; Self-deception in development ; Lying and deception in development ; Natural roots of moral hypocrisy ; What about culture and development? -- Conclusion: Human moral frailty -- Postscript: Moral acrobatics and human violence.
Summary:
"I sometimes like to daydream that if we were all somehow simultaneously outed as lechers and perverts and sentimental slobs, it might be, after the initial shock of disillusionment, liberating. It might be a relief to quit maintaining this rigid pose of normalcy and own up to the outlaws and monsters we are"-- Provided by publisher.
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