Seeing Reason - MT1 - Part 1 Flashcards
What has begun to concern journalists, academics, politicians and large parties of the general public? (2)
- The state of contemporary public
2. Political debate
What are 4 signs of ill-health in public debate?
- Extreme polarization
- Appeals to emotion
- Personal abuse
- Social media shaming
What has seemed to increase over the recent years?
Extreme polarization
Polarization
Can refer to the divergence of political attitudes to ideological extremes
What has there been less of with extreme polarization?
Overlap
What happened in the 1980’s?
Sharp divergent
- conservatives vs democrats
ADA
Americans for Democratic Action
Americans for Democratic Action
Is an american political organization advocating progressive policies
- works for social and economic justice through lobbying, grassroots organizing, research and supporting progressive candidates
How can you measure polarization? (2)
- Talking to people
2. Viewing their political view
What kind of emotion is associated with extreme polarization?
Negative
What are 7 causes?
- Domination of political ideology
- Identification of oneself with ones beliefs
- Tribalism
- Internet siloing and filter bubbles
- Scientific illiteracy and innumeracy
- Private organizations and dark money
- Ease of unedited, unreviewed communication
Domination of political ideology
Strong determinant on individuals views
- believe if we help to deal with climate change then the government will be more involved with more regulation and the economics will decrease
- meaning increase in taxes
Identification of oneself with ones beliefs
The closer one identifies oneself with one’s beliefs, the more resistant those beliefs are to change, even in the face of evidence
Tribalism
The need to mould one’s views, making them acceptable to the group one belongs to, is the enemy of rationality, individual thought and individual conscience
What do tribalism share?
Values
