Moral Tribes

Moral Tribes

by Joshua Greene

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Greene proposes our moral brains run on two systems: automatic tribal instincts and manual utilitarian reasoning. Cross-group conflict requires shifting from fast feelings to slow thinking.

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It draws on Thinking, Fast and Slow and The Selfish Gene.

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Greene's framework mirrors Kahneman's dual-process: moral intuitions are fast, reasoning is slow.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Greene draws on Dawkins's selfish gene theory on how morality evolved.

The Selfish Gene

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The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

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Joshua Greene's Moral Tribes is listed in the bibliography. Cialdini draws on Greene's dual-system moral psychology to explain why appeals to in-group identity are more persuasive than appeals to universal values.

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Influence

by Robert Cialdini

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