Stasis (3 of 4) Questions of Value / Evaluation / Quality / Morality
Channel: Eric Luttrell
Date: 2017-06-23

This lecture covers the stasis of value (also know as evaluation or quality). It combines the classical rhetorical and philosophical approaches to questions of value and morality (such as the division between deontological and consequentialist thinking) with cognitive theories of morality formation (such as Jonathan Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory). 
This video is designed to follow the videos and articles below:
1. BBC Radio 4 (2015) "The trolly problem" https://youtu.be/bOpf6KcWYyw
2. Scotty Hendricks (2016) "How much we trust someone depends on their response to this moral dilemma." http://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/how-much-we-trust-someone-depends-on-their-response-to-this-moral-dilemma
3. Jonathan Haidt (2008) "The moral roots of liberals and conservatives."  https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind#t-383261
4. Steven Pinker (2008) "The moral instinct." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Psychology-t.html