Oddly I think you have a better chance for good ethics among the poor over the rich, Allan
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if the researchers took into account that a truly ethical person > would not participate in the kind of rubbish that presents predictable > limited outcomes as fact. There may, indeed, be a correlation between > creativity and ethics, but I suspect it is more inclusive and requires > examination without the limits designed to define results. I keep going back > to the model of spiral dynamics, one that allows and understands that we all > move up and down and between memes during our lives given the circumstances > of our experience. Someone who does not have enough money for food may > cheat in this experiment more than someone who has never known financial > stress or hunger. Here is a pretty good explanation of the original Graves > material, although I've seen better, its the best I could find online this > morning. http://www.edumar.cl/documentos/SD_version_for_constellation5.pdf > > > On Monday, December 24, 2012 5:58:21 PM UTC-5, archytas wrote: >> >> A free paper with the ideas is at >> http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/11-064.pdf >> I was interested because I find professional ethics and religious >> morality collapse under circumstances of self-interest and become >> rationalisation. WE need creative solutions - but there is a dark >> side to creativity. >> >> On 24 Dec, 22:03, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > "The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone — >> > Especially Ourselves" by Dan Ariely asks a seemingly simple question — >> > “is dishonesty largely restricted to a few bad apples, or is it a more >> > widespread problem?” — and goes on to reveal the surprising, >> > illuminating, often unsettling truths that underpin the uncomfortable >> > answer. Like cruelty, dishonesty turns out to be a remarkably >> > prevalent phenomenon better explained by circumstances and cognitive >> > processes than by concepts like character. >> > >> > Work like this is challenging traditional economics - the genre is >> > 'behavioural economics'. My own take on this book and a lot of work >> > from brain science and history is that we are at a tipping point in >> > respect of the possibility of a human science. I'd like to see a >> > broader literature take up this challenge beyond current drivel on >> > black and white hats. >> > >> > So what are you guys reading? > > -- > > > -- ( ) |_D Allan Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living. Of course I talk to myself, Sometimes I need expert advice.. --
