scholarly journals The role of generalizability in moral and political psychology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Ann Harris ◽  
Philip Pärnamets ◽  
William J. Brady ◽  
Claire Robertson ◽  
Jay Joseph Van Bavel
Keyword(s):  
Political Psychology ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Intergroup Conflict ◽  
Temporal Context ◽  
Behavioral Sciences ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The Social

The aim of the social and behavioral sciences is to understand human behavior across a wide array of contexts. Our theories often make sweeping claims about human nature, assuming that our ancestors or offspring will be prone to the same biases and preferences. Yet we gloss over the fact that our research is often based in a single temporal context with a limited set of stimuli. Political and moral psychology are domains in which the context and stimuli are likely to matter a great deal (Van Bavel et al., 2016). In response to Yarkoni (see BBS issue) we delve into topics related to political and moral psychology that likely depend on features of the research. These topics include understanding differences between liberals and conservatives, when people are willing to sacrifice someone to save others, the behavior of political leaders, and the dynamics of intergroup conflict.

The Social Media Politicians

2020 ◽  
pp. 272-286
Author(s):  
Víctor Hernández-Santaolalla
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Political Candidates ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Public ◽  
Private Lives ◽  
The Social

Social media brings to the forefront two very important factors to today's politics: the prominent role of the internet and the importance of personalisation which is closely tied to a tendency of political candidates to overexpose their private lives. This does not mean that the candidate becomes more relevant than the political party or the ideological platforms thereof, but the interest tends to fall on the candidate's lifestyle; on their personal characteristics and their most intimate surroundings, which blurs the line between the public and private spheres. Online profiles are used as a showcase for the public agenda of the politician at the same time as they gather, on a daily basis, the thoughts, tastes and leisure time activities of the candidates. This chapter offers a reflection of the ways in which political leaders develop their digital narratives, and how they use the social media environment to approach citizens.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Charles Devellennes
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
State Violence ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
The Social ◽  
Fundamental Challenge ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Right ◽  
Over Time

This chapter gives introduces the gilet jaunes. The gilets jaunes, a group of French protesters named after their iconic yellow vests donned during demonstrations, have formed a new type of social movement. The gilets jaunes have been variously interpreted since they began their occupation of French roundabouts. They were at first received with enthusiasm on the right of the French political establishment, and with caution on the left. The fourth weekend saw scenes of violence erupt on the Champs Élysées, notably around and within the Arc de Triomphe, which towers over the first roundabout built in France. The headlines of newspapers and stories of the news media became almost exclusively focused on the violence of the protests. Images of state violence became ever-present on Twitter and independent media outlets, making it clear that it was the use of disproportionate force by police units that was at the centre of the events. The chapter explains that the aim of the book is to show that the use of violence is not the only tale to be told about the role of the protesters in the contemporary French context. Their contribution to the political landscape of France is quite different. They have provided a fundamental challenge to the social contract in France, the implicit pact between the governed and their political leaders. The movement has seen the numbers of participants diminish over time, but the underlying tension between the haves and the have-nots, the winners of globalization and those at risk of déclassement [social downgrading], are enduring and persistent.

Reply to Comments

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-300
Author(s):  
Allen Buchanan ◽  
Russell Powell
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Moral Progress ◽  
Evolutionary Explanation ◽  
The Core ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Core Elements

Abstract Commentators on The Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory raise a number of metaethical and moral concerns with our analysis, as well as some complaints regarding how we have interpreted and made use of the contemporary evolutionary and social sciences of morality. Some commentators assert that one must already presuppose a moral theory before one can even begin to theorize moral progress; others query whether the shift toward greater inclusion is really a case of moral progress, or whether our theory can be properly characterized as ‘naturalistic’. Other commentators worry that we have uncritically accepted the prevailing evolutionary explanation of morality, even though it gives short shrift to the role of women or presupposes an oversimplified view of the environment in which the core elements of human moral psychology are thought to have congealed. Another commentator laments that we did not make more extensive use of data from the social sciences. In this reply, we engage with all of these constructive criticisms and show that although some of them are well taken, none undermine the core thesis of our book.

The Biological Bases of Behavior and Some Implications for Political Science

1971 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Corning
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Biological Factors ◽  
Darwinian Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Two Generations

In what must surely rank as one of the strangest episodes in the entirehistory of science, two generations of our immediate forebears in the social sciences managed virtually to ignore the “Darwinian” theory of biological evolution and to exclude from their purview any sustained consideration of the role of biological factors in the shaping of human behavior.

scholarly journals John Locke’s Philosophy as a Teaching about Human and their Behavior

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-141
Author(s):  
M. B Shvetsova
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
New Vision ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Original Concept ◽  
Rational Component

Purpose. The article is aimed to outline Locke’s position on the basic principles of proper human behavior. Its implementation involves: a) review of the research literature concerning the place of anthropological motive in philosophizing and b) research of his interpretation of human nature and the role of the rational component. Theoretical basis. The author’s approach is based on the conceptual provisions of phenomenology and existentialism. Originality. The work considers the teaching of Locke as the author of the original concept of human nature, which is closely related to the understanding of ethical issues. It is proved that its meaningful development involves the identification of the main components of human nature in the process of determining the basic principles of personality behavior. The original conception of the thinker on the irrational component of human nature and the ways of its rationalization is analyzed. Conclusions. It is substantiated that Locke’s philosophical heritage is not reduced to depersonalized empiricism as epistemology, and his teaching about human is not limited to the abstract study of their rational component. The thinker connects the request of his own epoch with the new vision of human and the basic principles of their behavior on the basis of rationality. Locke is looking for the ways to master the irrational component of human nature and is convinced that in the era of the scientific revolution, the basis of human behavior should be rationality. Locke considers human freedom to be one of the key moments of human nature.

scholarly journals Role of Social Media in Election Campaigning in India with Special Reference to Assam

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Rantu Sarmah ◽  
Dr. Niranjan Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Political Communications ◽  
The Social ◽  
General Meaning

This is an attempt to find out the role of social media in election campaigning in India with special reference to Assam. Democratic countries like United States of America, India the social media has become an integral part for political communications during election campaigning. This new way of campaigning during election plays an important role to attract voters. Social media has given a new platform such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Whatsapp, Youtube etc. to the political parties and the voters, these are becoming an easy tool for the political leaders to interact with their voters. Social media allows candidates to share, post, comments, and their views during election and making them more direct involvement to their voters. These new tools or platforms are appeared as new area for research. Firstly to find out the term of social media, secondly, general meaning of political campaigning, thirdly, uses of social media in Indian election campaigning with reference to Assam and lastly conclusions.

scholarly journals La biojurídica o el bioderecho como mediador de los nuevos dilemas biomédicos

Telos ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-617
Author(s):  
Juan Araujo-Cuauro
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

The advance of bioethics as a science has exceeded the ethical scenario to fully immerse oneself in other environments of knowledge, essentially in the sphere of the legal, as it is, the bio-legal and towards a new protagonist of an emerging science such as the biolaw. There are dilemmas or bioethical premises from which generate the great juridical questions, around the legal sciences, which must be adjusted to the social reality generated by the great biotechnological advances, in order to regulate the behavior generated by human behavior. The objective of the research is to analyze the role of bioethics in the development of biolaw or biolaw as a mediator of new biomedical dilemmas. The methodology used is a bibliographic documentary research which focuses on the positions of some authors such as Aparisi (2007) and Schaefer (2017), among others. A documentary review was made from a critical stance of the literary sources selected and used for the development of the research, this with the purpose of identifying the different conceptions that biotechnological advances have had on human behavior and its need to be regulated by law. It is concluded that the relationship between bioethics and law has been very useful, at the time of responding to the theme of the debate on the great bioethical dilemmas, which results in the emergence of a novel legal branch such as bio-legal or biolaw.

scholarly journals Aristotelian Moral Psychology and the Situationist Challenge

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-277
Author(s):  
Adam M. Croom
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Developmental Science ◽  
Psychological Studies

Abstract For some time now moral psychologists and philosophers have ganged up on Aristotelians, arguing that results from psychological studies on the role of character-based and situation-based influences on human behavior have convincingly shown that situations rather than personal characteristics determine human behavior. In the literature on moral psychology and philosophy this challenge is commonly called the “situationist challenge,” and as Prinz (2009) has previously explained, it has largely been based on results from four salient studies in social psychology, including the studies conducted by Hartshorne and May (1928), Milgram (1963), Isen and Levin (1972), and Darley and Batson (1973). The situationist challenge maintains that each of these studies seriously challenges the plausibility of virtuous personal characteristics by challenging the plausibility of personal characteristics more generally. In this article I undermine the situationist challenge against Aristotelian moral psychology by carefully considering major problems with the conclusions that situationists have drawn from the empirical data, and by further challenging the accuracy of their characterization of the Aristotelian view. In fact I show that when properly understood the Aristotelian view is not only consistent with empirical data from developmental science but can also offer important insights for integrating moral psychology with its biological roots in our natural and social life.

scholarly journals MODEL DAKWAH MELALUI MEDIA BONEKA (Studi Deskriptif Tentang Dakwah Kak Risma Nurunnisa Menggunakan Media Boneka Kepada Anak-anak di Jalan Bima Kelurahan Arjuna Kecamatan Cicendo Kota Bandung)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-369
Author(s):  
Intan Nurjanah ◽  
Dang Eif Saiful Amin ◽  
Nase Saepudin Zuhri
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Data Types ◽  
The Social ◽  
Descriptive Approach

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana model dakwah yang dilakukan oleh Kak Risma Nurunnisa melalui media boneka, serta  metode bercerita yang diterapkan dalam kegiatan dakwahnya dapat meningkatkan konsentrasi terhadap mad’u dari kalangan anak-anak dalam mengikuti kegiatan dakwah. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan deskriptif. Metode kualitatif merupakan metode penelitian yang jenis data penelitian atau fenomena penelitian tidak diperoleh secara statistik. Pendekatan deskriptif bertujuan untuk menjelaskan secara sistematis bidang tertentu secara faktual dan cermat. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa model dakwah yang dilakukan oleh Kak Ris Nurunnisa menggunakan metode Ibrat al-Qashash. Pesan yang disampaikan tentang kisah-kisah Rasul dan Sahabatnya. Faktor yang mempengaruhi adalah faktor sugesti, di dalam interaksi sosial peranan sugesti banyak juga mempengaruhi tingkah laku manusia. Model Dakwah Kak Risma Nurunnisa berdasarkan tanggapan, sambutan dan perubahan yang terjadi pada anak relatif positif. Itu menunjukkan Model Dakwah Kak Risma Nurunnisa memang efektif. This study aims to determine how the da'wah model carried out by Sis Risma Nurunnisa through puppet media, as well as the method of storytelling applied in her da'wah activities can increase the concentration of students from among children in participating in da'wah activities. The method used in this study is using qualitative methods with a descriptive approach. Qualitative methods are research methods whose research data types or research phenomena are not obtained statistically. The descriptive approach aims to systematically explain certain fields factually and carefully. The results of this study indicate that the da'wah model performed by Sis Ris Nurunnisa uses the Ibrat al-Qashash method. Message delivered about the stories of the Apostle and his Friends. The influencing factor is the suggestion factor, in the social interaction the role of many suggestions also influences human behavior. The Da'wah Model of Risma Nurunnisa is based on responses, remarks and changes that occur in children are relatively positive. That shows Risma Nurunnisa's Da'wah Model is effective.

scholarly journals KAITAN PENDIDIKAN DAN KEPRIBADIAN MANUSIA DALAM MENCAPAI TUJUAN PENDIDIKAN NASIONAL

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Ni Nengah Selasih
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
The People ◽  
Unique Nature ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual

<p><em>Human natur</em><em>e, </em><em> in terms of education, according Lengeveld is educabile animal, namely being able to be educated; educandum animal, the creature must be educated; </em><em>education</em><em> homo</em><em>,</em><em> that being on the side can and should be educated can and should educate. The role of education in fostering personality summed up in the goals of education derived or determined by the principle of ontological view and axiologis. Man is the subject, as well as objects of ed</em><em>u</em><em>cation. Cultured adult human is the subject of education in the sense of responsible education. Human undertaking to foster the commuity, preserve the natural environment together, primarily responsible for the dignity of humanity.</em><em></em></p><p><em>Based on the analysis of the structure of the human soul </em><em>and</em><em> personality</em><em>, the </em><em>human behavior is determined by the source and the id, ego, and superego.  Therefore, compulsory education </em><em>is </em><em>deepened to better understand </em><em>of </em><em>human behavior or character. In particular, for educational purposes, to understand human nature, personality, means to understand individual interests, aspirations, potentials, and personal identity, and are fundamental to the effectiveness of the educatonal process, an obligation also to respect the dignity, personality, and uniqueness of a person in order to self-realization.</em><em></em></p><p><em>Science of life for science education is a very valueble complementation. Pedagogic without the same life science with practice without theory. Education without understanding the human means to build something without knowing for what, how, and why people are educated. Without an understanding of the people, the unique nature of the individual, and the potential that it will be fostered, then education would be misdirected. Even without the good sense, then education would rape human nature.</em></p>

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