It may be the rich have more opportunities and exposure, Allan. Human nature is human nature. Also, celebrity creates another kind of challenge as the artist types gain fame and fortune- often to laugh at their own popularity and adulation of the public and critics- Picasso comes to mind, for instance- have a savage quote of his around here somewhere.
On Dec 25, 8:04 am, Allan H <[email protected]> wrote: > 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..- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --
