Philosophy 1230A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ingroups And Outgroups, Blind Experiment, Consumerism
25 Dec 2016
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Audio recording started: 9:35 am tuesday, october 4, 2016. Harm: when you do an action, you make them worse off than before. Stereotypes: nothing inherently wrong but we get information from biased sources. Can have negative effect regardless of whether or not they are accurate. Outgroups: we downgrade outgroups, especially if in competition. Play a role in many things in the real world. We structure the world to diminish unconscious bias. Ex. blind experiment for orchestra auditions in this setting. Relative to the rest of the world, this cause of death isn"t too serious, yet. Relative to the rest of the world, this cause of death isn"t too serious, yet not justified in every case. Past 25 years: major decrease in personal savings of americans. Principle sufficient reason: things don"t happen without a cause. Consumerism: more stuff, better stuff, keeping up with the next-door- neighbours.
